Disparities by Race, Age, and Sex in the Improvement of Survival for Major Cancers: Results From the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program in the United States, 1990 to 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Substantial progress has been made in cancer diagnosis and treatment, resulting in a steady improvement in cancer survival. The degree of improvement by age, race, and sex remains unclear.

Objective

To quantify the degree of survival improvement over time by age, race, and sex in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

Longitudinal analyses of cancer follow-up data from 1990 to 2010, from 1.02 million patients who had been diagnosed as having cancer of the colon or rectum, breast, prostate, lung, liver, pancreas, or ovary from 1990 to 2009 and who were included in 1 of 9 population-based registries of the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program.

Main outcomes and measures

Hazard ratios (HRs) a

SUBMITTER: Zeng C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4523124 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature