Racial-Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Guideline-Adherent Treatment for Endometrial Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association of race-ethnicity and neighborhood socioeconomic status with adherence to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for endometrial carcinoma.

Methods

Data are from the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) cancer registry of women diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma for the years 2006-2015. The sample included 83,883 women after inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied. Descriptive statistics, bivariate analyses, univariate, and multivariate logistic regression models were performed to evaluate the association between race-ethnicity and neighborhood socioeconomic status with adherence to treatment guidelines.

Results

After controlling for demographic and clinical covariates, Black (odds ratio [OR] 0.89,

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez VE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403994 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature