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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Characteristics of Early Death in Patients With Localized Nasopharyngeal Cancer: A Population-Based SEER Analysis.

Haiyan Chen, Zhiheng Huang, Liubo Chen, Yanlin Li, Tiehong Zhao, Qichun Wei

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Novel Therapeutic Development for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Haiyan ChenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Zhiheng HuangCancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Liubo ChenDepartment of Colorectal Surgery and Oncology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, Ministry of Education, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yanlin LiCollege of Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Tiehong ZhaoCollege of Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Qichun WeiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNHangzhou Normal University · CNZhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Localized nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is a highly curable disease, but the prognosis of certain cases is still poor. Distinguishing patients with a poor outcome is necessary when developing therapeutic strategies. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of early death (ED) among patients with localized NPC, and to identify independent predictors of ED. Patients diagnosed with localized NPC were included from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results dataset, and univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify ED predictors. A total of 752 patients with localized NPC were enrolled, including 198 cases of ED and 480 long-term survivors. Older age, unmarried status, and white race were risk factors for ED, whereas diagnosis in the recent period and undifferentiated non-keratinizing histology type were protective factors. In addition, for older patients, women and those without radiation treatment, there was less ED for married patients than unmarried patients. In conclusion, this population-based study provides an overview of the characteristics of ED patients with localized NPC. Age, race, marital status, year of diagnosis and histology type are risk factors for ED. Moreover, married patients are at a significantly lower risk of ED. This protective effect is especially pronounced in older people, women and those without radiation treatment.

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characteristicsearly deathlocalized stagenasopharyngeal cancerSurveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program

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