The impact of comorbidity on overall survival in elderly nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients: a National Cancer Data Base analysis

Abstract The number of elderly patients with cancer is increasing. Medical comorbidities are more common in this population. Little is known regarding the prognostic relevance of comorbidities in elderly patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Using the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), we que...

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Published in:	Cancer Medicine
Main Authors:	Ying Huang, Wei Chen, Waqar Haque, Vivek Verma, Yan Xing, Bin S. Teh, Edward Brian Butler
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2018-04-01
Subjects:	Comorbidity elderly nasopharyngeal carcinoma National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) prognosis
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1377

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