Differences in Cervical Cancer Outcomes by Caribbean Nativity in Black and White Women in Florida.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Racial disparities among women with cervical cancer have been reported but are understudied in Caribbean immigrants. The objective of this study is to describe the disparities in clinical presentation and outcomes between Caribbean-born (CB) and US-born (USB) women with cervical cancer by race and nativity.

Methods

An analysis of the Florida Cancer Data Service (FCDS), the statewide cancer registry, was performed to identify women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer between 1981 and 2016. Women were classified as USB White or Black and CB White or Black. Clinical data were abstracted. Analyses were done using chi square, ANOVA, Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models, with significance set at P < .05.

Results

14 932 women were included in

SUBMITTER: Jeudin PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10226035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature