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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedLaccetti AL, Pruitt SL, Xuan L
Prior cancer does not adversely affect survival in locally advanced lung cancer: a national SEER-Medicare analysis.
Researchers identified patients > 65 years of age diagnosed 1992-2009 with locally advanced lung cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare linked dataset. They found that, for patients with locally advanced lung cancer, prior cancer does not adversely impact clinical outcomes. Patients with locally advanced lung cancer and a history of prior cancer should not be excluded from clinical trials.
AHRQ-funded; HS022418.
Citation: Laccetti AL, Pruitt SL, Xuan L .
Prior cancer does not adversely affect survival in locally advanced lung cancer: a national SEER-Medicare analysis.
Lung Cancer 2016 Aug;98:106-13. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.05.029.
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Keywords: Elderly, Cancer: Lung Cancer, Medicare, Mortality, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research