Cancer-Specific Mortality in Asian American Women Diagnosed with Gynecologic Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer is the leading cause of death in Asian Americans (AA), the fastest-growing U.S. population group. Despite heterogeneity in socioeconomic status and health behaviors by ethnicity, few studies have assessed cancer outcomes across AA ethnic groups. We examined differences in gynecologic cancer mortality between AA ethnic groups and non-Hispanic Whites (NHW).

Methods

Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, we identified ovarian (n = 69,113), uterine (n = 157,340), and cervical cancer cases (n = 41,460) diagnosed from 1991-2016. Competing risk regression was used to compare cancer-specific mortality for AAs by ethnicity, using NHW as the reference population.

Results

In adjusted analyses, AAs had a lower risk of ovarian [HR, 0.90;

SUBMITTER: Karia PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901555 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature