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Prognostic impact and causality of age on oncological outcomes in women with endometrial cancer: a multimethod analysis of the randomised PORTEC-1, -2 and -3 trials

2023-11-01 oncology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundNumerous studies have shown that elderly women with endometrial cancer (EC) have a higher risk of recurrence and cancer-related death. It is, however, unclear whether aging is a causal prognostic factor, or whether other risk factors become increasingly common with age. We address to this with a unique multi-method study design using state of the art statistical and causal inference techniques on datasets of three large randomised trials. MethodsData of 1801 women participating in the...

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