Disparities in Kaposi sarcoma incidence and survival in the United States: 2000-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Geographic and racial disparities may contribute to variation in the incidence and outcomes of HIV-associated cancers in the United States.

Method

Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, we analyzed Kaposi sarcoma (KS) incidence and survival by race and geographic region during the combined antiretroviral therapy era. Reported cases of KS in men from 2000 to 2013 were obtained from 17 SEER cancer registries. Overall and age-standardized KS incidence rates were calculated and stratified by race and geographic region. We evaluated incidence trends using joinpoint analyses and calculated adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) for overall and KS-specific mortality using multivariable Cox proportional hazards models.

Results

Of 4,455 KS cases

SUBMITTER: Royse KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5567503 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature