Personalized oral cancer survival calculator to estimate risk of death from oral cancer or other causes

JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

2023-07-10

(Press-News.org) About The Study: The models developed for the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Oral Cancer Survival Calculator demonstrate that survival estimates that exclude the effects of coexisting conditions can lead to underestimates or overestimates of survival.

Authors: Louise Davies, M.D., M.S., of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2023.1975)

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