Racial disparity in renal cell carcinoma patient survival according to demographic and clinical characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who are black tend to have poorer prognosis than similar patients who are white. This study examined whether the racial disparity in RCC patient survival varies by demographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods

Nearly 40,000 patients (4359 black and 34,991 white) diagnosed with invasive RCC from 1992 to 2007 were identified from 12 registries in the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, covering approximately 14% of the US population. Relative survival rates through 2008 were computed using the actuarial method.

Results

Proportionally more blacks than whites were diagnosed with RCC under age 50 and with localized cancer. Overall, the 5-year relative survival rates were 72.6

SUBMITTER: Chow WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3538913 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature