Race and Gender Disparity in the Surgical Management of Hepatocellular Cancer: Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program Registry
| Autor: | Michael Darden, Edward G. Anderson, Dominique J. Monlezun, Joseph F. Buell, Geoffrey Parker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Psychological intervention Vascular surgery Logistic regression Transplantation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cardiothoracic surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery business Abdominal surgery |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Surgery. 45:2538-2545 |
| ISSN: | 1432-2323 0364-2313 |
| Popis: | The existence of race and gender disparity has been described in numerous areas of medicine. The management of hepatocellular cancer is no different, but in no other area of medicine, is the treatment algorithm more complicated by local, regional, and national health care distribution policy. Multivariate logistic regression and Cox-regression were utilized to analyze the treatment of patients with hepatocellular cancer registered in SEER between 1999 and 2013 to determine the incidence and effects of racial and gender disparity. Odd ratios (OR) are relative to Caucasian males, SEER region, and tumor characteristics. The analysis of 57,449 patients identified the minority were female (25.31%) and African-American (16.26%). All tumor interventions were protective (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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