Sepsis As a Cause of Death Among Elderly Cancer Patients

The goal of this retrospective study is to explore the association between sepsis and morality among the elderly cancer patients. Data were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results( SEER) database using SEER*stat software. The study included patients aged 65 years or more who were diagnosed with cancer from 2000 to 2021. The extracted data included age, race, marital status, sex, stage, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Multiple primary session was used to calculate the standardized Mortality ratio (SMR) as Observed/Expected with excess risk/10,000 and significance was achieved at 0.05.

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Key information

Conditions

Sepsis Cancer Infections Inflammation Neoplasms Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Suez Canal University

Ismailia, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

cancer patients
age 65 year or more
latency exclusion period of 0 months.

Exclusion criteria

Death certificate only and autopsy only cases

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

SMR for sepsis as a cause of death among elderly cancer patients

Time frame: from Jan, 2000 till Dec, 2021

Patients were followed up from the time of diagnosis and the risk was assessed across different time intervals: 1 year, 5 years and +10 years after cancer diagnosis from 2000 to 2021

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

asmaa salama ibrahim

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Registry information

Official study title

Sepsis As a Cause of Death Among Elderly Cancer Patients: an Updated SEER Database Analysis 2000-2021

Important dates

Study start: 2000
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Oct 1, 2024
Registry last updated: Oct 1, 2024

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