Rectal Cancer Disparities Among the American Indian/Alaskan Native Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Recent work noted lower overall survival (OS) in American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) individuals diagnosed with colon cancer compared with non-Hispanic White (NHW) individuals. Rectal cancer demographic profiles at diagnosis and survival outcomes have not been reported. We sought to identify differences in rectal cancer diagnosis and outcomes between AI/AN and White populations.

Methods

White and AI/AN patients aged 18 or older, diagnosed between 2004 and 2020 with rectal adenocarcinoma were identified within the National Cancer Database (NCDB). Unadjusted and adjusted analyses were used to evaluate demographic and clinical standardized differences (stddiff) between AI/AN and White patients. Survival analyses of those diagnosed with locally advanced rectal cancer

SUBMITTER: Kelley BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008663 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature