Disparities by race, age, and sex in the improvement of survival for lymphoma: Findings from a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate improvement in survival of lymphoma patients from 1990 to 2014, stratified by age, sex and race using Surveillance Epidemiology and End-Result Survey Program (SEER) data.

Study design and setting

We identified 113,788 incident lymphoma cases from nine SEER cancer registries were followed up for cause-specific mortality from lymphoma. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and their respective 95% confidence interval (CIs) for various time periods within groups stratified by race, age and sex.

Results

Five-year survival for Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) was 89% for patients 20-49 years of age. For this age group, compared to 1990-1994, survival significantly improved in 2000-2004 (HR = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.54-0.78), 2005-

SUBMITTER: Mukhtar F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6040734 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature