The impact of comorbidity on cancer survival: a review
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...Most observational studies have found that patients with cancer and comorbidities have poorer survival than those without comorbidity [8]....
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...Several studies have found a higher prevalence of comorbidity in early stage cancers [8]....
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...However, whether this is a direct result of increased toxicity, decreased functional status, or is related to poor adherence is unclear [8]....
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...8-fold higher mortality risk [8]....
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"The impact of comorbidity on cancer..." refers background or methods in this paper
...The score can theoretically range from 0–33 but was collapsed into categories of 0, 1–2, 3–4, and $5 in its initial presentation.(22,23)...
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...The original Charlson measure was constructed to predict 1-year mortality in 559 medical patients as well as 10-year mortality rates for death attributable to comorbid diseases among 685 breast cancer patients.(22) The index is based on 19 distinct medical disease categories....
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...Multimorbidity refers to the coexistence of $2 illnesses without identifying an index disease.(14) Comorbidity must also be distinguished from complications that arise as a consequence of the cancer or its treatment....
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