Sociodemographic correlates of head and neck cancer survival among patients with metastatic disease
| Autor: | Matthew C. Simpson, Katherine Mass, Jaibir S Pannu, Eric Adjei Boakye, Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, Mark A. Varvares, Sai D Challapalli, Connor L. Donovan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Disease Insurance Coverage 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Health insurance Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health Retrospective Studies Medically Uninsured Insurance Health business.industry Head and neck cancer Cancer medicine.disease Confidence interval Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Neoplasms 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Marital status business |
| Zdroj: | HeadneckREFERENCES. 42(9) |
| ISSN: | 1097-0347 2007-2015 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND To describe sociodemographic factors associated with head and neck cancer (HNC) survival among patients with distant metastatic disease. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed national data for 2889 adult patients with metastatic HNC (2007-2015). We used Fine and Gray competing risks proportional hazard models, stratified by oropharyngeal cancer status, controlled for sociodemographic factors (age, sex, race/ethnicity, marital status, and insurance status), and accounted for multiple testing. RESULTS Median survival time was 11 months (15 months for patients married/partnered; 13 months for patients with non-Medicaid insurance; P |
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