Racial and ethnic disparities in brain tumour survival by age group and tumour type

PURPOSE: The extent to which racial/ethnic brain tumour survival disparities vary by age is not very clear. In this study, we assess racial/ethnic brain tumour survival disparities overall by age group and type.

METHODS: Data were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 18 registries for US-based individuals diagnosed with a first primary malignant tumour from 2007 through 2016. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to compute adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for the association between race/ethnicity and brain tumour survival, stratified by age group and tumour type.

RESULTS: After adjusting for sex, socioeconomic status, insurance status, and tumour type, non-Hispanic (NH) Blacks (HR: 1.26; 95% CI: 1.02-1.55), NH Asian or Pacific Islanders (HR: 1.29; 95% CI: 1.01-1.66), and Hispanics (any race) (HR: 1.28; 95% CI: 1.09-1.51) all showed a survival disadvantage compared with NH Whites for the youngest age group studied (0-9 years). Furthermore, NH Blacks (HR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.91-0.97), NH Asian or Pacific Islanders (HR: 0.84; 95% CI: 0.77-0.92), and Hispanics (any race) (HR: 0.91; 95% CI: 0.85-0.97) all showed a survival advantage compared with NH Whites for the 60-79 age group. Tests for interactions showed significant trends, indicating that racial/ethnic survival disparities disappear and even reverse for older age groups (P < 0.001). This reversal appears to be driven by poor glioblastoma survival among NH Whites (P < 0.001).

CONCLUSION: Disparities in brain tumour survival among minorities exist primarily among children and adolescents. NH White adults show worse survival than their minority counterparts, which is possibly driven by poor glioblastoma biology.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

British journal of neurosurgery - 36(2022), 6 vom: 13. Dez., Seite 705-711

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Delavar, Arash [VerfasserIn]
Wali, Arvin R [VerfasserIn]
Santiago-Dieppa, David R [VerfasserIn]
Al Jammal, Omar M [VerfasserIn]
Kidwell, Reilly L [VerfasserIn]
Khalessi, Alexander A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Age
Brain
Cancer
Journal Article
Racial/ethnic disparities
Survival

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Date Completed 04.01.2023

Date Revised 11.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/02688697.2022.2090507

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342834959