Comorbidity prevalence among cancer patients: a population-based cohort study of four cancers

Background The presence of comorbidity affects the care of cancer patients, many of whom are living with multiple comorbidities. The prevalence of cancer comorbidity, beyond summary metrics, is not well known. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of comorbid conditions among cancer patients in...

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Published in:	BMC cancer Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 2 - 15
Main Authors:	Fowler, Helen, Belot, Aurelien, Ellis, Libby, Maringe, Camille, Luque-Fernandez, Miguel Angel, Njagi, Edmund Njeru, Navani, Neal, Sarfati, Diana, Rachet, Bernard
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 28.01.2020 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cancer Cancer diagnosis Cancer patients Cancer Research Care and treatment Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Cohort analysis Colon Colon cancer Colonic Neoplasms - epidemiology Colorectal cancer Comorbidity Deprivation Diabetes Electronic medical records Electronic records England England - epidemiology Epidemiology Female Health aspects Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health risk assessment Hodgkin Disease - epidemiology Hodgkin's lymphoma Hospital admission and discharge Hospitalization - trends Hospitals Humans Hypertension Logistic Models Lung cancer Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology Lymphoma Lymphomas Male Medical diagnosis Medical records Medical research Medicine/Public Health Middle Aged Mortality Multimorbidity Oncology Patients Population studies Population-based studies Practice Guidelines as Topic Prevalence prevention and public health Rectal Neoplasms - epidemiology Rectum Registries Research Article Surgical Oncology Tumors Young Adult England United Kingdom United Kingdom > UK Deprivation Prevalence Comorbidity England Epidemiology Cancer Multimorbidity
ISSN:	1471-2407, 1471-2407
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