Insurance status and disparities in disease presentation, treatment, and outcomes for men with germ cell tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People aged 26 to 34 years represent the greatest proportion of the uninsured, and they have the highest incidence of testicular cancers. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between insurance status and cancer outcomes in men diagnosed with germ cell tumors.

Methods

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database was used to identify 10,211 men diagnosed with germ cell gonadal neoplasms from 2007 to 2011. Associations between insurance status and characteristics at diagnosis and receipt of treatment were examined with log-binomial regression. The association between insurance status and mortality was assessed with Cox proportional hazards regression.

Results

Uninsured patients had an increased risk of metastatic disease at diag

SUBMITTER: Markt SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5048492 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature