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The impact of socio-demographic factors on the survival of cancer patients in Zimbabwe

We provide a survival analysis of cancer patients in Zimbabwe. Our results show that young cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to old cancer patients. Male cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to female cancer patients. Race and marital...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Okorie, Idika E., Moyo, Ricardo, Nadarajah, Saralees
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34112895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91781-4
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Sumario:We provide a survival analysis of cancer patients in Zimbabwe. Our results show that young cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to old cancer patients. Male cancer patients have lower but not significant hazard rate compared to female cancer patients. Race and marital status are significant risk factors for cancer patients in Zimbabwe.