Survival features, prognostic factors, and determinants of diagnosis and treatment among Iranian patients with pancreatic cancer, a prospective study.

Mahdi SheikhSahar MasoudiRazieh BakhshandehAlireza MoayyedkazemiFarhad ZamaniSepideh NikfamMasoumeh MansouriNeda Ghamarzad ShishavanSaman NikeghbalianPaul BrennanReza MalekzadehAkram Pourshams

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Iranian patients with PC have very poor long-term survival. Besides tumor's stage and location, socioeconomic disparities could affect the probabilities of receiving treatment and/or survival in these patients. Opium use is an independent risk factor for mortality among PC patients in Iran.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
health insurance
patient reported
combination therapy