Abstract:Background: We aimed to study the mortality and intensity of health care in patients with advanced lung cancer assigned to systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) compared with patients who were not eligible for SACT (no-SACT). Methods: A retrospective cohort of lung cancer patients, who were treated at the North Estonia Medical Centre from 2015–2017, was linked to population-based health care data from the Estonian Health Insurance Fund. We calculated 14- and 30-day mortality after SACT and used a composite mea… Show more
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