Competing Causes of Death and Second Primary Tumors in Patients with Locoregionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Treated with Chemoradiotherapy

• Published in: Clinical cancer research Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 1956 - 1962
• Main Authors: ARGIRIS, Athanassios, BROCKSTEIN, Bruce E, HARAF, Daniel J, STENSON, Kerstin M, MITRAL, Bharat B, KIES, Merrill S, ROSEN, Fred R, JOVANOVIC, Borko, VOKES, Everett E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA American Association for Cancer Research 15.03.2004
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antineoplastic agents; Biological and medical sciences; Cause of Death; Comorbidity; Female; Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality; Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology; Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplasms, Second Primary - epidemiology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Tumors; Human; Primary; Head and neck; Death; Advanced stage; Malignant tumor; Chemoradiotherapy

Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate the emergence of second primary malignancies and the contribution of different causes of death to the outcome of patients with locoregionally advanced head and cancer receiving primary chemoradiotherapy. Experimental Design: We stud...