Life tables adjusted for comorbidity more accurately estimate noncancer survival for recently diagnosed cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1376-1385

  Mariotto, Angela B ^a   Wang, Zhuoqiao ^b   Klabunde, Carrie N ^a   Cho, Hyunsoon ^a   Das, Barnali ^a,c   Feuer, Eric J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Comorbidity; Health adjusted age; Life expectancy; Life tables; SEER Medicare; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; ULCER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84886954277     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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