Abstract

The number of cancer survivors worldwide is increasing every year, making secondary primary cancers (SPC) is a growing health threat. Studies have been conducted to investigate the risk of occurrence between digestive system tumors (DST) and thyroid cancer (TC). However, existing studies have tended to focus more on the risk of developing SPC and less on the impact of SPC on the survival of cancer survivors. In this study, using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, we aimed to explore the impact of TC on the survival of patients with DST by data between 2000 and 2018. The study employed the standardized incidence ratio to assess the relative risk of SPC, propensity score matching was conducted to mitigate confounding effects, Kaplan-Meier, Cox proportional risk model and competitive risk model were used to analyze the factors affecting the overall survival and cancer-specific survival. We furthermore explored the influence of pathological types and radiotherapy of TC on the survival of DST patients. 518,901 patients with DST only, 801 patients with TC occurring earlier than DST (TC-1st), and 744 patients with DST occurring earlier than TC (DST-1st) were included. The total incidence rate of small intestine cancer after TC was higher than that of the general population, and the incidence of TC after DST was higher than in the general population. DST patients with a history of TC had better overall survival and lower cancer-specific mortality and this difference was particularly significant in patients with DST-1st. In addition, radiotherapy for TC had no effect on cancer-specific mortality in patients with DST.

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Title
The effect of thyroid cancer on the survival of patients with digestive system tumors using SEER database
Author
Zuo, Siqin 1 ; Zhou, Yongning 2 ; Zheng, Ya 2 ; Ji, Rui 2 

 Lanzhou University, The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou, China (GRID:grid.32566.34) (ISNI:0000 0000 8571 0482); The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Department of Gastroenterology, Lanzhou, China (GRID:grid.412643.6); The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Lanzhou, China (GRID:grid.412643.6) 
 The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Department of Gastroenterology, Lanzhou, China (GRID:grid.412643.6); The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Lanzhou, China (GRID:grid.412643.6) 
Pages
27892
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3128040314
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.