Racial-Ethnic Comparisons in Surgical Treatment and Outcomes of Non-Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer in an Equal Access Health System.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundAccess to care has been implicated in racial-ethnic disparities in surgical treatment and survival for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in the United States. We assessed whether there were racial-ethnic disparities in surgery receipt and clinical outcomes of RCC in the equal access U.S. Military Health System (MHS).Materials and MethodsWe used the MilCanEpi database to study a cohort of patients aged 18 and older who were diagnosed with stage I-III RCC between 1998 and 2014. Treatment with nephrectomy was evaluated in Poisson regression models expressed as adjusted incidence rate ratios (AIRRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Risk of recurrence and all-cause death were estimated using multivariable Cox regression models.ResultsThe study included 1371 non-Hispanic Whi

SUBMITTER: Eaglehouse YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12033417 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature