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- Title
Non‐cancer death causes after ovarian cancer diagnosis: A population‐based cohort.
- Authors
Elmehrath, Ahmed O.; Afifi, Ahmed M.; Abdel‐Malek, Raafat
- Abstract
Background: Research on non‐cancer death causes in ovarian cancer (OC) patients remains limited. We aim to focus on and evaluate the non‐cancer death causes after OC diagnosis. Methods: We studied 82 590 OC patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2016, using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Risks of death causes were calculated as standardized mortality ratios. Results: Of included patients, 48 125 (58.3%) died during the follow‐up period. The highest number of deaths, 21 722 (45.1%), occurred within 1–5 years after OC diagnosis. On the other hand, 19 992 (41.5%) of deaths occurred within a year from ovary cancer diagnosis, 5255 (10.9%) occurred within 5–10 years, and 1156 (2.4%) deaths occurred after more than 10 years following OC diagnosis. Non‐cancer death causes comprise a significant percentage of deaths in OC patients, increasing with time after diagnosis. Conclusions: Cardiac diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and COPD were among the most common non‐cancer death causes after OC diagnosis. Other critical non‐cancer death causes include septicemia and benign neoplasms. Mortality risk differences based on race and age were also highlighted. These findings provide critical insights into how OC survivors should be followed‐up and counseled for relevant future health risks.
- Subjects
MORTALITY risk factors; CAUSES of death; PUBLIC health surveillance; PATIENT aftercare; OVARIAN tumors; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LONGITUDINAL method; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research
- Publication
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research, 2021, Vol 47, Issue 5, p1884
- ISSN
1341-8076
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jog.14736