| Literature DB >> 31307249 |
Wan Maria Nabillah Ghani1, Anand Ramanathan2, Stephen Stewart Prime3, Yi-Hsin Yang4, Ishak Abdul Razak5, Zainal Ariff Abdul Rahman2, Mannil Thomas Abraham6, Wan Mahadzir Wan Mustafa5, Keng Kiong Tay6, Thomas George Kallarakkal2, Jennifer Geraldine Doss1,7, Sok Ching Cheong8, Anita Zarina Bustam9, Rosnah Binti Zain1,5.
Abstract
Previous studies found that ethnicity influences oral cancer patients' survival; however, most studies were limited to certain ethnic groups particularly from the West, thus of limited relevance to Asians where the disease is most prevalent. We investigated the relationship between ethnicity and patient survival in multi-racial Malaysia. 5-year survival rate was 40.9%. No statistically significant difference was observed in survival between Malays, Chinese, Indians and Indigenous peoples (45.7%, 44.0%, 41.3%, 27.7% respectively). Increased tumor size, lymph node involvement and advanced tumor were predictive of poor survival. We conclude that ethnicity has no effect on survival or its prognostic indicators.Entities:
Keywords: Head and neck cancer; ethnicity; mouth neoplasm; prognostic studies
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31307249 DOI： 10.1080/07357907.2019.1635614
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Invest ISSN： 0735-7907 Impact factor: 2.176