Racial disparities in preoperative chemotherapy use in gastric cancer patients in the United States: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base, 2006-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No studies have investigated whether race/ethnicity is associated with the recommended use of preoperative chemotherapy or subsequent outcomes in gastric cancer. To determine whether there is such an association, analyses of patients with gastric cancer in the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) were performed.

Methods

Patients with clinical T2-4bN0-1M0 gastric adenocarcinoma, as defined by the eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging manual, who underwent gastrectomy from 2006 to 2014 were identified from the NCDB. Multiple logistic regression was conducted to examine factors associated with preoperative chemotherapy use.

Results

This study identified 16,945 patients who met the criteria, and 8286 of these patients (49%) underwent preo

SUBMITTER: Ikoma N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5937252 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature