Differences in cervical cancer stage at diagnosis and survival outcomes among Asian, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander patients and White patients.
IF 3 3区 医学Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
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Abstract
Purpose: To explore disparities in cervical cancer diagnosis and outcomes for Asian patients and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders (NHPIs).
Methods: We extracted cervical cancer patient data collected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 17 database. Odds ratios (ORs) for stage and time ratios (TRs) for survival outcomes were estimated using logistic regression and accelerated failure time models, respectively.
Results: Of 18770 patients, 15,847 (84.4 %) were White; 2618 (13.9 %) were Asian; and 305 (1.6 %) were NHPI. NHPI patients were less likely than White patients to be diagnosed at an early stage (adjusted OR [aOR]: 0.60; 95 % CI, 0.47-0.77), whereas Asian patients had similar stage-at-diagnosis to White patients (aOR: 0.93; 95 % CI, 0.85-1.02). Asian patients, as a group, had significantly longer overall survival (OS) (adjusted TR [aTR]: 1.46; 95 % CI, 1.33-1.61) and disease-specific survival (DSS) (aTR: 1.35; 95 % CI, 1.21-1.51) than White patients; the opposite was true for NHPIs (OS: aTR, 0.80; 95 % CI, 0.64-1.00; DSS: aTR, 0.75; 95 % CI, 0.59-0.97).
Conclusions: We find that NHPI cervical cancer patients tend to be diagnosed later in their disease course than White patients and have shorter survival time post-diagnosis, while Asian patients tend to have longer survival time. These findings support the disaggregation of Asian and NHPI races in cervical cancer investigations.
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