{"id":5674,"date":"2026-09-30T08:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.registrotumoriveneto.it\/?p=5674"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:40:05","slug":"cancer-patients-mortality-from-other-causes-a-european-population-based-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.registrotumoriveneto.it\/en\/english\/publications\/research-publications\/2026\/cancer-patients-mortality-from-other-causes-a-european-population-based-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Patients Mortality From Other Causes: A European Population-Based Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gatta G, Capocaccia R, Rossi S, Athanasiadou M, Bennett D, Dusek L, Galceran J, Hackl M, Holleczek B, Innos K, Katalinic A, Marcos-Gragera R, Murray D, Schaffar R, Smits S, Smailyt\u0117 G, Storm H, Vener C, \u017dagar T, Bernasconi A, Jooste V, Botta L; EUROCARE\u20106 WG.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cancer Med. 2026 Sep;15(9):e72266. doi: 10.1002\/cam4.72266.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Introduction: Cancer patients may face elevated mortality not only from their malignancy but also from other factors including multi-morbidity and the impact of treatment-related complications. This study analyses mortality from all causes other than the index cancer among cancer patients compared to the general population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Methods: We analysed EUROCARE-6 data on 1,894,057 cancers diagnosed in 13 European countries and collected by 17 cancer registries with complete official cause-of-death information. Included were first-primary head and neck (H&amp;N), stomach, colorectal, lung, breast, cervical, endometrial, ovarian, prostatic, kidney, and bladder cancers diagnosed between 1998 and 2013 in patients aged 15-79, with follow-up until 31st December 2014. We estimated the relative risk (RR) of death from all other causes for patients relative to population mortality rates. Cause-specific survival (CSS) was compared to relative survival (RS) at 5 and 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results: RR were &gt; 2 for H&amp;N and female lung cancers, between 1 and 2 for stomach, male lung, cervix, endometrial, ovary, kidney and bladder, and &lt; 1 for prostate and female breast cancers. Relative risk declined with increasing age for almost all cancer types. Ten-year CSS exceeded RS by 7%-11% points (pp) in H&amp;N cancers, with smaller differences in bladder (2-6 pp), stomach, lung, cervix, ovary and kidney (2-3 pp). CSS was lower than RS in breast and prostate cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conclusion: Differentiation between deaths due to the index cancer and to all other causes is crucial for patient follow-up and to improve quality of life. Cause-of-death data should be a core component of population-based cancer registries to inform interpretation of survivorship data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pubmed<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42734108\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42734108\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gatta G, Capocaccia R, Rossi S, Athanasiadou M, Bennett D, Dusek L, Galceran J, Hackl M, Holleczek B, Innos K, Katalinic A, Marcos-Gragera R, Murray D, Schaffar R, Smits S, Smailyt\u0117 G, Storm H, Vener C, \u017dagar T, Bernasconi A, Jooste V, Botta L; EUROCARE\u20106 WG. Cancer Med. 2026 Sep;15(9):e72266. doi: 10.1002\/cam4.72266. 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