Analysis of patients who decline treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: National perspective
| Autor: | Christopher Blake Sullivan, Zaid Al-Qurayshi, Nitin A. Pagedar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Medicare 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans Basal cell 030212 general & internal medicine Head and neck Aged Retrospective Studies Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck business.industry Retrospective cohort study Hypopharyngeal cancer Odds ratio medicine.disease Head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma United States Confidence interval Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Neoplasms 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female business Medicaid |
| Zdroj: | Head & Neck. 42:698-707 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0347 1043-3074 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND To analyze demographic and socioeconomic factors that influence patients' decisions to decline treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). METHODS Retrospective cohort analysis utilizing the National Cancer Data Base of patients with oral cavity/oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, and laryngeal SCC. RESULTS A total of 166 204 patients were included, of which 689 patients declined all treatment. Among early-stage (I-II) patients, Charlson/Deyo score ≥ 3, hypopharyngeal cancer, and no insurance or Medicare were more likely to decline all recommended treatment (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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