Socioeconomic disparities in endometrial cancer survival in Germany: a survival analysis using population-based cancer registry data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Area-based socioeconomic deprivation has been established as an important indicator of health and a potential predictor of survival. In this study, we aimed to measure the effect of socioeconomic inequality on endometrial cancer survival.

Methods

Population-based data on patients diagnosed with endometrial cancer between 2004 and 2014 were obtained from the German Centre for Cancer Registry Data. Socioeconomic inequality was defined by the German Index of Socioeconomic Deprivation. We investigated the association of deprivation and overall survival through Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional regression models.

Results

A total of 21,602 women, with a mean age of 67.8 years, were included in our analysis. The observed 5-year overall survival time for endome

SUBMITTER: Bedir A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9015991 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature