Racial disparities in receipt of radiation and brachytherapy in cervical cancer patients: Do they exist in a SEER-Medicare population?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate if race is associated with disparities in receipt of radiation (RT) and outcomes for Medicare patients with cervical cancer who are candidates for primary radiation-chemotherapy.

Methods

This SEER-Medicare retrospective study included White and Black patients with stage IB1 through IVA squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma diagnosed 2000-2017 who were candidates for primary radiation-chemotherapy. Receipt of treatment by race and associated cancer specific (CSS) and overall survival (OS) outcomes were analyzed using frequency distributions, chi squared, log rank, multivariable Cox proportional-hazards models, and multivariable logistic models.

Results

1038 patients (84.9 % White and 15.1 % Black) were included. 825 (79.5 %) received RT, and

SUBMITTER: Gleason EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11456895 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature