Impact of socioeconomic status on cancer staging, survival in non-small cell lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We performed this study to evaluate the association of socioeconomic status (SES) factors with cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We further assessed the predictive value of a novel Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM)-SES staging system, combining the TNM stage with the SES stage.

Methods

Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, we selected 40,378 patients diagnosed with NSCLC from 2012 to 2016. Cox regression method and Harrell's concordance index (C-index) were performed to select the SES factors related to CSS and evaluate the predictive ability of the novel TNM-SES stage. We used Kaplan-Meier curves and a log-rank test to conduct a survival analysis.

Results

We identified four SES facto

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9679653 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature