The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Survival: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Based Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent investigations of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) survival have reported higher mortality among non-White individuals. However, previous analyses have not examined the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on these observations. This study aims to characterize factors associated with cause-specific MPNST survival, including information related to census-tract-level SES (CT-SES).

Methods

We identified 2,432 primary MPNSTs using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 18 (2000-2016) database. We used Cox proportional hazards modeling to estimate the effects of sex, race/ethnicity, CT-SES quintile, metastasis at diagnosis, tumor site, age at diagnosis, and treatment by surgery on survival. Models were fit in both the full populati

SUBMITTER: Domingues AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9444868 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature