Impact of comorbidity on outcome of young patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

• Published in: Head & neck Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Singh, Bhuvanesh, Bhaya, Mahesh, Zimbler, Marc, Stern, Jordan, Roland, J. Thomas, Rosenfeld, Richard M., Har-El, Gady, Lucente, Frank E.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.01.1998; John Wiley & Sons
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS/HIV; Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - epidemiology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - mortality; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - therapy; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Digestive System Diseases - epidemiology; Disease-Free Survival; Female; head and neck neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms - epidemiology; Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality; Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology; Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy; Humans; Incidence; Kaplan-Feinstein index; Kidney Diseases - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; New York City - epidemiology; Otorhinolaryngology (head neck, general aspects and miscellaneous); Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; outcomes research; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; squamous cell carcinoma; Statistics, Nonparametric; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Tumors; New York City; Human; Evaluation; Squamous cell carcinoma; Stage classification; Malignant tumor; Concomitant disease; Characteristics; Impact factor; Cohort study; Scientific research; Adolescent; Head and neck; ENT disease; Complication; Public health

Background Comorbid conditions have a significant impact on the actuarial survival of patients with head and neck cancer. However, no studies have evaluated the impact of comorbidity on tumor‐ and treatment‐specific outcomes. This study was performed to evaluate the impact of comorbidity, graded by...