Regional outcome disparities in German head and neck cancer patients: Shorter survival in Eastern Germany.

Julius Malte VahlGabriele NagelTsima Abou KorsMatthias BrandAdrian von WitzlebenMichael SonntagAyla GragesMarie N TheodorakiJens GreveMichael DenkingerDhayana DallmeierChristian IdelStephan StilgenbauerThomas K HoffmannSimon Laban

Published in: Cancer medicine (2023)

Finally, three decades after the German reunion, a survival disadvantage for patients in East Germany still exists. This discrepancy may be a result of socioeconomic disparities.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
free survival