Racial and ethnic disparities in mortality among World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees with post-9/11 cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There are well-documented racial and ethnic disparities in mortality after cancer in the general population, but less is known about whether disparities also exist in disaster-exposed populations.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal cohort study of 4341 enrollees in the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) with a first-ever primary invasive cancer diagnosis after 9/11/2001 and followed through 2020. We examined associations of race and ethnicity with all-cause mortality risk and cause-specific mortality risk using multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models and Fine and Gray's proportional sub-distribution hazards models, respectively. Models were adjusted for baseline characteristics and tumor characteristics. We also examined models further

SUBMITTER: Kehm RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11348902 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature