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The impact of racial/ethnic disparities on survival for children and adolescents with extremity sarcomas: A population-based study
The impact of racial/ethnic disparities on survival for children and adolescents with extremity sarcomas: A population-based study
- Source :
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 53:169-173
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to determine whether racial/ethnic disparities exist in disease presentation, treatment, and survival among children and adolescents with extremity sarcoma.The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data were analyzed for patients20years old with soft-tissue extremity sarcomas from 1973 to 2013. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to determine the association between race/ethnicity and disease stage at presentation and likelihood of surgical resection. Overall survival (OS) was evaluated using hazard ratios with 95% confidence intervals.1261 cases were identified: 650 (52%) non-Hispanic whites (NHW), 313 (25%) Hispanics, 182 (14%) non-Hispanic blacks (NHB), and 116 (9%) other race/ethnicity. Logistic regression results showed that Hispanics and NHB were 51% and 44%, respectively, less likely to undergo surgical resection compared to NHW (OR=0.49, 95% CI: 0.30-0.80; OR=0.56, 95% CI: 0.32-0.98, respectively). Factors associated with failure to undergo surgical resection included histology, lower extremity site, tumor size, and distant metastases. OS based on race/ethnicity significantly differed using the log-rank test, with NHB having the worst survival (p0.05).We conclude that NHB, Hispanics, and other race/ethnicity were less likely to undergo surgical resection for extremity sarcoma. Further work is needed to better characterize and eliminate disparities in the management and outcomes of children with extremity sarcomas.Prognosis study.IV.
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Ethnic group
General Medicine
Logistic regression
medicine.disease
Racial ethnic
Surgery
Population based study
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Disease Presentation
030225 pediatrics
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Internal medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Epidemiology of cancer
medicine
Sarcoma
business
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- ISSN :
- 00223468
- Volume :
- 53
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....11138548f1d8638e5b731a1671cb1d2e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.10.034