Ovarian cancer in California: Guideline adherence, survival, and the impact of geographic location, 1996-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that geographic location may independently contribute to ovarian cancer survival. We aimed to investigate how the association between residential location and ovarian cancer-specific survival in California varies by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Methods

Additive Cox proportional hazard models were used to predict hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between geographic location throughout California and survival among 29,844 women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer between 1996 and 2014. We conducted permutation tests to determine a global P-value for significance of location. Adjusted analyses considered distance traveled for care, distance to closest high-quality-of-care hospital, and receipt

SUBMITTER: Villanueva C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7710533 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature