Cancer in Patients of and Above 90 Years: A Hospital-Based Retrospective Study

Background: Cancer in a nonagenarian patient is rarely seen and there is always a moral dilemma for the family members and the patient as well of whether to opt for the treatment or not. Aim: The main aim was to identify the survival differences between treated and not treated nonagenarian cancer patients. Methods: This was a retrospective study of hospital-based cancer registry data from 2010 to 2016. The data of all nonagenarian cancer patients were analyzed for gender distribution, leading sites of cancer, stage distribution, types of treatment received, and survival. The survival was calculated from the date of first diagnosis. Descriptive statistics was used to present the results and presented up to single decimal place. Kaplan-Meier analysis was done to present the overall survival results and Cox-regression analysis was done to estimate the unadjusted HR. The P value for significance was set at < 0.05. SPSS v17.0 was used for carrying out the analysis. Results: Of 60,087 cancer patients registered...