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Survival After Cancer Surgery of Elderly Patients in New Mexico, 1969–1982
Author(s) -
Becker Thomas M.,
Goodwin James S.,
Hunt William C.,
Key Charles R.,
Samet Jonathan M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1989.tb05875.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , ethnic group , thoracotomy , cancer , demography , cancer registry , cancer surgery , surgery , cancer survival , population , gerontology , survival analysis , overall survival , survival rate , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
To examine the effects of advancing age, sex, and ethnicity on estimated 30‐day survival after surgery for cancer, we reviewed population‐based data on 16,130 cancer cases collected by the New Mexico Tumor Registry from 1969–1982. For surgery at most sites, mortality increased with increasing age. The highest mortality was observed for sites requiring laparotomy or thoracotomy. Sex and ethnicity (Hispanic versus non‐Hispanic white) had little effect on short‐term survival. Comparison of short‐term survival for two time periods, 1969–1975 and 1976–1982, showed a strong trend of improving survival for many sites.