Frequency of Surgery in Black Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Joint Authors
Wolf, Andrea S.
Moline, Jacqueline M.
Camacho-Rivera, Marlene
Taioli, Emanuela
Flores, Raja
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare disease, even less frequently described in minority patients.
We used a large population-based dataset to study the role of race in MPM presentation, treatment, and survival.
Methods.
All cases of pathologically proven MPM were identified in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.
Age, sex, diagnosis year, stage, cancer-directed surgery, radiation, and vital status were analyzed according to self-reported race (black or white).
Results.
There were 13,046 white and 688 black MPM patients (incidence: 1.1 per 100,000 whites; 0.5 per 100,000 blacks; age-adjusted, p=0.01).
Black patients were more likely to be female, younger, and with advanced stage and less likely to undergo cancer-directed surgery than whites, after adjustment by stage.
On multivariable analysis, younger age and having surgery were associated with longer survival for both cohorts; female gender (HR 0.82 (0.77–0.88)) and early stage at diagnosis (HR 0.83 (0.76–0.90)) were predictive of longer survival in white, but not in black, patients.
Conclusions.
Surgery was associated with improved survival for both black and white MPM patients.
However, black patients were less likely to undergo cancer-directed surgery.
Increased surgical intervention in MPM black patients with early stage disease may improve their survival.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Taioli, Emanuela& Wolf, Andrea S.& Moline, Jacqueline M.& Camacho-Rivera, Marlene& Flores, Raja. 2015. Frequency of Surgery in Black Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Disease Markers،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Taioli, Emanuela…[et al.]. Frequency of Surgery in Black Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Disease Markers No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Taioli, Emanuela& Wolf, Andrea S.& Moline, Jacqueline M.& Camacho-Rivera, Marlene& Flores, Raja. Frequency of Surgery in Black Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Disease Markers. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060893
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1060893