Impact of social disparities on 10 year survival rates in paediatric cancers: a cohort study

ABSTRACT: Summary

Background

Studies reporting on the impact of social determinants of health on childhood cancer are limited. The current study aimed to examine the relationship between health disparities, as measured by the social deprivation index, and mortality in paediatric oncology patients using a population-based national database.

Methods

In this cohort study of children across all paediatric cancers, survival rates were determined using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 1975 to 2016. The social deprivation index was used to measure and assess healthcare disparities and specifically the impact on both overall and cancer-specific survival. Hazard ratios were used to assess the association of area deprivation.

Findings

The study co

SUBMITTER: Chalfant V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974417 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature