{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Aloysius MM"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>There is limited insight into the epidemiological characteristics and effect of race and ethnicity on Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumors (PMCTs).<h4>Objectives</h4>Comparison of clinical characteristics and cancer-specific survival outcomes of major races in the United States from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Result (SEER) registry.<h4>Methods</h4>ICD-O-3 codes were used to identify PMCTs for the years 1975 to 2015. Three major races were identified-\"White\", \"Black\", and \"Asian/Pacific Islander\". Cancer-specific survival outcomes were compared using Kaplan-Meier analysis across and amongst races, based on tumor histology. A subgroup analysis of cancer-specific survival was performed between \"Hispanics\" and \"non-Hispanics.\"<h4>Results</h4>Seven hundred and twenty patients were identified-47% females and 79% White, mean age at diagnosis (47 ± 20 years). Black patients were significantly younger (39 ± 18 years) and presented more commonly with angiosarcomas (53%). Non-angiogenic sarcomas and lymphomas were the most common tumors in the White (38%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (34%) cohorts. For a median follow-up period of 50 (IQR3-86) months, cancer-specific survival (mean ± SD, in months) was worse in Blacks (9 ± 3) as compared to Whites (15 ± 1) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14 ± 1) (<i>p-</i>value; Black vs. White <0.001; Black vs. Asian/Pacific Islanders = 0.017, White vs. Asian/Pacific Islanders = 0.3). Subgroup analysis with 116 (16%) Hispanics (40% females; mean age of 40 ± 20 years) showed a longer mean cancer-specific survival of 16.9 ± 2.4 months as compared to 13.6 ± 1.1 months in non-Hispanics (<i>p</i> = 0.011).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Black and non-Hispanic patients have poorer cancer-specific survival in PMCTs."],"journal":["Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine"],"pagination":["961160"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9453391"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Racial and ethnic characteristics and cancer-specific survival in Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumors."],"pmcid":["PMC9453391"],"pubmed_authors":["Shrivastava S","Naseer R","Aloysius MM","Gentilezza K","Hanif H","Rojulpote C","Babic M","Boruah PK","Pancholy S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Racial and ethnic characteristics and cancer-specific survival in Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumors.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>There is limited insight into the epidemiological characteristics and effect of race and ethnicity on Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumors (PMCTs).<h4>Objectives</h4>Comparison of clinical characteristics and cancer-specific survival outcomes of major races in the United States from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Result (SEER) registry.<h4>Methods</h4>ICD-O-3 codes were used to identify PMCTs for the years 1975 to 2015. Three major races were identified-\"White\", \"Black\", and \"Asian/Pacific Islander\". Cancer-specific survival outcomes were compared using Kaplan-Meier analysis across and amongst races, based on tumor histology. A subgroup analysis of cancer-specific survival was performed between \"Hispanics\" and \"non-Hispanics.\"<h4>Results</h4>Seven hundred and twenty patients were identified-47% females and 79% White, mean age at diagnosis (47 ± 20 years). Black patients were significantly younger (39 ± 18 years) and presented more commonly with angiosarcomas (53%). Non-angiogenic sarcomas and lymphomas were the most common tumors in the White (38%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (34%) cohorts. For a median follow-up period of 50 (IQR3-86) months, cancer-specific survival (mean ± SD, in months) was worse in Blacks (9 ± 3) as compared to Whites (15 ± 1) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14 ± 1) (<i>p-</i>value; Black vs. White <0.001; Black vs. Asian/Pacific Islanders = 0.017, White vs. Asian/Pacific Islanders = 0.3). Subgroup analysis with 116 (16%) Hispanics (40% females; mean age of 40 ± 20 years) showed a longer mean cancer-specific survival of 16.9 ± 2.4 months as compared to 13.6 ± 1.1 months in non-Hispanics (<i>p</i> = 0.011).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Black and non-Hispanic patients have poorer cancer-specific survival in PMCTs.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-04T07:16:04.22Z","creation":"2025-04-04T07:16:04.22Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9453391","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36093161"],"doi":["10.3389/fcvm.2022.961160"]}}