Racial/ethnic and sex disparities in mortality among US cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrond

Cancer survivors in the United States face significant disparities in mortality influenced by race and sex. Despite advances in cancer treatment, the disparities of social determinants, behavioral health, and metabolic risk factors remain underexplored.

Methods

Analysis was based on the data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) linked to the National Death Index and the follow-up data up to December 31, 2019. Survey-weighted multiple Cox regression was employed to assess the relationships of multiple risk factors and all-cause mortality. Analyses were informed by a conceptual causal framework (Directed Acyclic Graph). We performed an explanatory decomposition analysis to quantify the collective explanatory role of social determinants o

SUBMITTER: Xiong Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12946577 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature