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This study analyses mortality from all causes other than the index cancer among cancer patients compared to the general population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analysed EUROCARE\u20106 data on 1,894,057 cancers diagnosed in 13 European countries and collected by 17 cancer registries with complete official cause\u2010of\u2010death information. Included were first\u2010primary head and neck (H&amp;N), stomach, colorectal, lung, breast, cervical, endometrial, ovarian, prostatic, kidney, and bladder cancers diagnosed between 1998 and 2013 in patients aged 15\u201379, with follow\u2010up until 31st December 2014. We estimated the relative risk (RR) of death from all other causes for patients relative to population mortality rates. Cause\u2010specific survival (CSS) was compared to relative survival (RS) at 5 and 10\u2009years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>RR were &gt;\u20092 for H&amp;N and female lung cancers, between 1 and 2 for stomach, male lung, cervix, endometrial, ovary, kidney and bladder, and &lt;\u20091 for prostate and female breast cancers. Relative risk declined with increasing age for almost all cancer types. Ten\u2010year CSS exceeded RS by 7%\u201311% points (pp) in H&amp;N cancers, with smaller differences in bladder (2\u20136\u2009pp), stomach, lung, cervix, ovary and kidney (2\u20133\u2009pp). CSS was lower than RS in breast and prostate cancers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Differentiation between deaths due to the index cancer and to all other causes is crucial for patient follow\u2010up and to improve quality of life. 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