Racial and Ethnic Disparities in All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Among Cancer Patients in the U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With improved cancer survival, death from noncancer etiologies, especially cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, has come more into focus. Little is known about the racial and ethnic disparities in all-cause and CVD mortality among U.S. cancer patients.

Objectives

This study sought to investigate racial and ethnic disparities in all-cause and CVD mortality among adults with cancer in the United States.

Methods

Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from years 2000 to 2018, all-cause and CVD mortality among patients ≥18 years of age at the time of initial malignancy diagnosis were compared by race and ethnicity groups. The 10 most prevalent cancers were included. Cox regression models were used to estimate adjusted HRs f

SUBMITTER: Zhu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982284 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature