Socioeconomic disparities affect survival in malignant ovarian germ cell tumors in AYA population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (MOGCTs) are a rare form of ovarian malignancy. Socioeconomic status (SES) has been shown to affect survival in several gynecologic cancers. We examined whether SES impacted survival in adolescent and young adults (AYAs) with MOGCT.

Materials and methods

The National Cancer Data Base was used to identify AYAs (aged 15-39 years) with MOGCT from 1998 to 2012. Three SES surrogate variables identified were as follows: insurance type, income quartile, and education quartile. Pooled variance t-tests and chi-square tests were used to compare tumor characteristics, the time from diagnosis to staging/treatment, and clinical outcome variables for each SES surrogate variable, while controlling for age and race/ethnicity in a multivariate mo

SUBMITTER: Bownes LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5742061 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature