Changing causes of death in persons with haematological cancers 1975–2016

• Published in: Leukemia Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 1850 - 1860
• Main Authors: Chen, Lezong, Zheng, Yongqiang, Yu, Kai, Chen, Shuzhao, Wang, Weida, Gale, Robert Peter, Liu, Ze-Xian, Liang, Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308/174; 692/699/1541; 692/700/1750; 692/700/478; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Acute myeloid leukemia; Blood cancer; Cancer; Cancer Research; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Critical Care Medicine; Death; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Hematology; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Intensive; Internal Medicine; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mortality; Myeloma; Oncology; Uranium; Vascular diseases

Causes of death in persons with haematological cancers include the index cancer, a new cancer or a seemingly unrelated cause such as cardio-vascular disease. These causes are complex and sometimes confounded. We analyzed trends in cause of death in 683,333 persons with an index haematological cancer...