Syed Khurram Shehzad Kazmi, Mehrin Farooq, Iqra Iftikhar, Naqsh Fatima, Mahwish Shahzad, Asad Ullah Ijaz, Humna Khalid
Association of Hypomagnesemia With Diabetic Complications
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nonsmallcell lung cancer nsclc common type lung cancer accounts 8090 cases brazil 2018 2019 lung cancer ranked second frequent cancer among men fourth among women primary objectives describe journey survival rates patients advanced nsclc treated brazilian private health care system hcs retrospective cohort study based search administrative databases analyze brazilian private hcs patients advanced nsclc diagnosed 2011 2016 included data demographics cancerrelated information treatmentrelated information resources used collected survival analyses performed using semiparametric kaplanmeier method assess mortality nsclc stage nsclc diagnosis index date total 5016 patients included patients 60 69 years old 336 completed elementary school 522 greater proportion men 581 v 419 majority patients stage iv nsclc 67 took average 31 days first consultation diagnosis 44 cases clinical oncologist first specialist hcs patient referred diagnosis median time start treatment 35 days chemotherapy alone common treatment regimen 32 median overall survival 115 months 6 months stage ii iv nsclc respectively study provides contemporary data stage iii iv nsclc private health care brazil shown high rate metastatic disease diagnoses high health carerelated costs low survival rates