Temporal trends in Black-White disparities in cancer surgery and cancer-specific survival in the United States between 2007 and 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has strived to address racial/ethnic disparities in cancer care since 2009. Surgery plays a pivotal role in cancer care; however, it is unclear whether and how racial/ethnic disparities in cancer surgery have changed over time.

Methods

This cohort study included 1,113,256 White and Black cancer patients across 9 years (2007-2015) using patient data extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-18 registries. Patient data were included from 2007 to adjust insurance status and by 2015 to obtain at least a 3-year survival follow-up (until 2018). The primary outcome was a surgical intervention. The secondary outcomes were the use of (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy and cancer-specific survival (CSS). A

SUBMITTER: Zhong P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939184 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature