Who are the cancer survivors? A nationwide study in Denmark, 1943–2010

BACKGROUND: No nationwide studies on social position and prevalence of comorbidity among cancer survivors exist. METHODS: We performed a nationwide prevalence study defining persons diagnosed with cancer 1943–2010 and alive on the census date 1 January 2011 as cancer survivors. Comorbidity was compa...

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Autores principales: Hovaldt, H B, Suppli, N P, Olsen, M H, Steding-Jessen, M, Hansen, D G, Møller, H, Johansen, C, Dalton, S O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25719832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.68
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Suppli, N P
Olsen, M H
Steding-Jessen, M
Hansen, D G
Møller, H
Johansen, C
Dalton, S O
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Dalton, S O
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description BACKGROUND: No nationwide studies on social position and prevalence of comorbidity among cancer survivors exist. METHODS: We performed a nationwide prevalence study defining persons diagnosed with cancer 1943–2010 and alive on the census date 1 January 2011 as cancer survivors. Comorbidity was compared by social position with the non-cancer population. RESULTS: Cancer survivors composed 4% of the Danish population. Somatic comorbidity was more likely among survivors (OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.57–1.60) and associated with higher age, male sex, short education, and living alone among survivors. CONCLUSIONS: Among cancer survivors, comorbidity is common and highly associated with social position.
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spelling pubmed-44536802016-04-28 Who are the cancer survivors? A nationwide study in Denmark, 1943–2010 Hovaldt, H B Suppli, N P Olsen, M H Steding-Jessen, M Hansen, D G Møller, H Johansen, C Dalton, S O Br J Cancer Epidemiology BACKGROUND: No nationwide studies on social position and prevalence of comorbidity among cancer survivors exist. METHODS: We performed a nationwide prevalence study defining persons diagnosed with cancer 1943–2010 and alive on the census date 1 January 2011 as cancer survivors. Comorbidity was compared by social position with the non-cancer population. RESULTS: Cancer survivors composed 4% of the Danish population. Somatic comorbidity was more likely among survivors (OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.57–1.60) and associated with higher age, male sex, short education, and living alone among survivors. CONCLUSIONS: Among cancer survivors, comorbidity is common and highly associated with social position. Nature Publishing Group 2015-04-28 2015-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4453680/ /pubmed/25719832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.68 Text en Copyright © 2015 Cancer Research UK http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ From twelve months after its original publication, this work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Dalton, S O
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title_full_unstemmed Who are the cancer survivors? A nationwide study in Denmark, 1943–2010
title_short Who are the cancer survivors? A nationwide study in Denmark, 1943–2010
title_sort who are the cancer survivors? a nationwide study in denmark, 1943–2010
topic Epidemiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25719832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.68
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