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Kempf E, Chatellier G. [Social deprivation: A key risk marker in oncology, even in rich countries]. Bull Cancer 2024; 111:625-627. [PMID: 38821773 DOI: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2024.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Emmanuelle Kempf
- Département d'oncologie médicale, GHU Henri-Mondor, université Paris-Est Créteil, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France.
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Kemper M, Zagorski J, Wagner J, Graß JK, Izbicki JR, Melling N, Wolter S, Reeh M. Socioeconomic Deprivation Is Not Associated with Outcomes after Esophagectomy at a German High-Volume Center. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:2827. [PMID: 37345164 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15102827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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In Germany, socioeconomically deprived citizens more often develop esophageal carcinoma, since typical risk factors follow the social gradient. Therefore, we hypothesized that socioeconomic deprivation might also be associated with advanced tumor stages and comorbidities at the time of surgery. As a consequence, socioeconomic deprivation may be related to postoperative complications and reduced overall survival. Therefore, 310 patients who had undergone esophagectomy for cancer in curative intent between 2012 and 2020 at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) were included in this study. Socioeconomic status (SES) was estimated using the purchasing power of patients' postal codes as a surrogate parameter. No association was found between SES and tumor stage or comorbidities at the time of surgery. Moreover, SES was neither associated with postoperative complications nor overall survival. In conclusion, socioeconomic inequalities of patients treated at a high-volume center do not affect treatment outcomes.
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- Marius Kemper
- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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Mulliri A, Gardy J, Dejardin O, Bouvier V, Pocard M, Alves A. Social inequalities in health: How do they influence the natural history of colorectal cancer? J Visc Surg 2023:S1878-7886(23)00031-0. [PMID: 37062638 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2023.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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As regards colorectal cancer (CRC) in France, social inequalities in health (SIH) exist. Underprivileged patients are characterized by reduced incidence of CRC and, conversely, by excess mortality. The explanatory mechanisms of the SIHs influencing survival are complex, multidimensional and variable according to healthcare system. Among the most deprived compared to the least deprived patients, SIHs are reflected by lower participation in screening campaigns, and CRC diagnosis is more frequently given at a later stage in an emergency context. During treatment, disadvantaged patients are more at risk of having to undergo open surgery and of enduring severe postoperative complications and belated chemotherapy (when recommended). Study of SIHs poses unusual challenges, as it is necessary not only to pinpoint social deprivation, but also to locate the different treatment facilities existing in a given territorial expanse. In the absence of individualized socioeconomic information, research in France on the social determinants of health is based on duly constituted cancer registries, in which an ecological index of social deprivation, the European Deprivation Index (EDI), provides an aggregate measure of the socioeconomic environment of a given individual in a given geographical setting at a given point in time. All in all, studies on SIHs are justified as means of identification and comprehension of the mechanisms underlying social deprivation, the objective being to more precisely orient programs and practices aimed at combating SIH.
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- A Mulliri
- Inserm-UCN, ANTICIPE U1086, 14000 Caen, France; Department of visceral and digestive surgery, Caen University Hospital Center, 14000 Caen, France.
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- Inserm-UCN, ANTICIPE U1086, 14000 Caen, France; Registry of Digestive Tumors of Calvados, Caen University Hospital Center Center, 14000 Caen, France; François-Baclesse Cancer Center, 14000 Caen, France
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- Inserm-UCN, ANTICIPE U1086, 14000 Caen, France; Research unit, Caen University Hospital Center, 14000 Caen, France
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- Inserm-UCN, ANTICIPE U1086, 14000 Caen, France; Registry of Digestive Tumors of Calvados, Caen University Hospital Center Center, 14000 Caen, France
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- Inserm, U1275 CAP Paris-Tech, Paris Cité University, 75010 Paris, France; Digestive and Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery, Liver Transplantation, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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- Inserm-UCN, ANTICIPE U1086, 14000 Caen, France; Department of visceral and digestive surgery, Caen University Hospital Center, 14000 Caen, France; Registry of Digestive Tumors of Calvados, Caen University Hospital Center Center, 14000 Caen, France
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Cancer Survival and Travel Time to Nearest Reference Care Center for 10 Cancer Sites: An Analysis of 21 French Cancer Registries. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15051516. [PMID: 36900308 PMCID: PMC10000621 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15051516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The impact of several non-clinical factors on cancer survival is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of travel time to the nearest referral center on survival of patients with cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study used data from the French Network of Cancer Registries that combines all the French population-based cancer registries. For this study, we included the 10 most common solid invasive cancer sites in France between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2015, representing 160,634 cases. Net survival was measured and estimated using flexible parametric survival models. Flexible excess mortality modelling was performed to investigate the association between travel time to the nearest referral center and patient survival. To allow the most flexible effects, restricted cubic splines were used to investigate the influence of travel times to the nearest cancer center on excess hazard ratio. RESULTS Among the 1-year and 5-year net survival results, lower survival was observed for patients residing farthest from the referral center for half of the included cancer types. The remoteness gap in survival was estimated to be up to 10% at 5 years for skin melanoma in men and 7% for lung cancer in women. The pattern of the effect of travel time was highly different according to tumor type, being either linear, reverse U-shape, non-significant, or better for more remote patients. For some sites restricted cubic splines of the effect of travel time on excess mortality were observed with a higher excess risk ratio as travel time increased. CONCLUSIONS For numerous cancer sites, our results reveal geographical inequalities, with remote patients experiencing a worse prognosis, aside from the notable exception of prostate cancer. Future studies should evaluate the remoteness gap in more detail with more explanatory factors.
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Tron L, Remontet L, Fauvernier M, Rachet B, Belot A, Launay L, Merville O, Molinié F, Dejardin O, Launoy G. Is the Social Gradient in Net Survival Observed in France the Result of Inequalities in Cancer-Specific Mortality or Inequalities in General Mortality? Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:659. [PMID: 36765616 PMCID: PMC9913401 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In cancer net survival analyses, if life tables (LT) are not stratified based on socio-demographic characteristics, then the social gradient in mortality in the general population is ignored. Consequently, the social gradient estimated on cancer-related excess mortality might be inaccurate. We aimed to evaluate whether the social gradient in cancer net survival observed in France could be attributable to inaccurate LT. METHODS Deprivation-specific LT were simulated, applying the social gradient in the background mortality due to external sources to the original French LT. Cancer registries' data from a previous French study were re-analyzed using the simulated LT. Deprivation was assessed according to the European Deprivation Index (EDI). Net survival was estimated by the Pohar-Perme method and flexible excess mortality hazard models by using multidimensional penalized splines. RESULTS A reduction in net survival among patients living in the most-deprived areas was attenuated with simulated LT, but trends in the social gradient remained, except for prostate cancer, for which the social gradient reversed. Flexible modelling additionally showed a loss of effect of EDI upon the excess mortality hazard of esophagus, bladder and kidney cancers in men and bladder cancer in women using simulated LT. CONCLUSIONS For most cancers the results were similar using simulated LT. However, inconsistent results, particularly for prostate cancer, highlight the need for deprivation-specific LT in order to produce accurate results.
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- Laure Tron
- ANTICIPE U1086 INSERM-UCN, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, Normandie Université UNICAEN, 14000 Caen, France
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- Service de Biostatistique—Bioinformatique, Pôle Santé Publique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69000 Lyon, France
- University of Lyon, 69000 Lyon, France
- University of Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Équipe Biostatistique-Santé, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS, UMR 5558, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Service de Biostatistique—Bioinformatique, Pôle Santé Publique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69000 Lyon, France
- University of Lyon, 69000 Lyon, France
- University of Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Équipe Biostatistique-Santé, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS, UMR 5558, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes Network, Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes Network, Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- ANTICIPE U1086 INSERM-UCN, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, Normandie Université UNICAEN, 14000 Caen, France
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- ANTICIPE U1086 INSERM-UCN, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, Normandie Université UNICAEN, 14000 Caen, France
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- French Network of Cancer Registries (FRANCIM), 31000 Toulouse, France
- Loire-Atlantique-Vendée Cancer Registry, 44000 Nantes, France
- Centre d’Epidémiologie et de Recherche en santé des POPulations (CERPOP) UMR1295, Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier, Inserm, 31000 Toulouse, France
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- ANTICIPE U1086 INSERM-UCN, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, Normandie Université UNICAEN, 14000 Caen, France
- Research Department, Caen University Hospital Centre, 14000 Caen, France
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- French Network of Cancer Registries (FRANCIM), 31000 Toulouse, France
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- ANTICIPE U1086 INSERM-UCN, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Centre François Baclesse, Normandie Université UNICAEN, 14000 Caen, France
- French Network of Cancer Registries (FRANCIM), 31000 Toulouse, France
- Research Department, Caen University Hospital Centre, 14000 Caen, France
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Wilson S, Calocer F, Rollot F, Fauvernier M, Remontet L, Tron L, Vukusic S, Le Page E, Debouverie M, Ciron J, Ruet A, De Sèze J, Zephir H, Moreau T, Lebrun-Frénay C, Laplaud DA, Clavelou P, Labauge P, Berger E, Pelletier J, Heinzlef O, Thouvenot E, Camdessanché JP, Leray E, Dejardin O, Defer G. Effects of socioeconomic status on excess mortality in patients with multiple sclerosis in France: A retrospective observational cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Eur 2023; 24:100542. [PMID: 36426377 PMCID: PMC9678948 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The effects of socio-economic status on mortality in patients with multiple sclerosis is not well known. The objective was to examine mortality due to multiple sclerosis according to socio-economic status. Methods A retrospective observational cohort design was used with recruitment from 18 French multiple sclerosis expert centers participating in the Observatoire Français de la Sclérose en Plaques. All patients lived in metropolitan France and had a definite or probable diagnosis of multiple sclerosis according to either Poser or McDonald criteria with an onset of disease between 1960 and 2015. Initial phenotype was either relapsing-onset or primary progressive onset. Vital status was updated on January 1st 2016. Socio-economic status was measured by an ecological index, the European Deprivation Index and was attributed to each patient according to their home address. Excess death rates were studied according to socio-economic status using additive excess hazard models with multidimensional penalised splines. The initial hypothesis was a potential socio-economic gradient in excess mortality. Findings A total of 34,169 multiple sclerosis patients were included (88% relapsing onset (n = 30,083), 12% progressive onset (n = 4086)), female/male sex ratio 2.7 for relapsing-onset and 1.3 for progressive-onset). Mean age at disease onset was 31.6 (SD = 9.8) for relapsing-onset and 42.7 (SD = 10.8) for progressive-onset. At the end of follow-up, 1849 patients had died (4.4% for relapsing-onset (n = 1311) and 13.2% for progressive-onset (n = 538)). A socio-economic gradient was found for relapsing-onset patients; more deprived patients had a greater excess death rate. At thirty years of disease duration and a year of onset of symptoms of 1980, survival probability difference (or deprivation gap) between less deprived relapsing-onset patients (EDI = −6) and more deprived relapsing-onset patients (EDI = 12) was 16.6% (95% confidence interval (CI) [10.3%–22.9%]) for men and 12.3% (95%CI [7.6%–17.0%]) for women. No clear socio-economic mortality gradient was found in progressive-onset patients. Interpretation Socio-economic status was associated with mortality due to multiple sclerosis in relapsing-onset patients. Improvements in overall care of more socio-economically deprived patients with multiple sclerosis could help reduce these socio-economic inequalities in multiple sclerosis-related mortality. Funding This study was funded by the ARSEP foundation “Fondation pour l'aide à la recherche sur la Sclérose en Plaques” (Grant Reference Number 1122). Data collection has been supported by a grant provided by the French State and handled by the “Agence Nationale de la Recherche,” within the framework of the “Investments for the Future” programme, under the reference ANR-10-COHO-002, Observatoire Français de la Sclérose en Plaques (OFSEP).
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- Sarah Wilson
- UNICAEN, CHU de Caen, INSERM U1086 ANTICIPE, Pôle de Recherche, Normandy University, Caen 14000, France
- Corresponding author. INSERM UMR 1086 “ANTICIPE”, University of Caen Normandy, Comprehensive Cancer Center Francois Baclesse, Avenue du General Harris, 14076 Caen Cedex 5, France.
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- Department of Neurology, UNICAEN, Normandy University, MS Expert Center, CHU de Caen Normandy, Caen 14000, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon 69000, France
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Service de Neurologie, Sclérose en Plaques, Pathologies de la Myéline et Neuro-Inflammation, Bron 69500, France
- Observatoire Français de la Sclérose en Plaques, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, INSERM 1028 et CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon 69000, France
- EUGENE DEVIC EDMUS Foundation Against Multiple Sclerosis, State-Approved Foundation, Bron, France
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- Service de Biostatistique–Bioinformatique, Pôle Santé Publique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon 69000, France
- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Lyon 69000, France
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- Service de Biostatistique–Bioinformatique, Pôle Santé Publique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon 69000, France
- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Lyon 69000, France
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- UNICAEN, CHU de Caen, INSERM U1086 ANTICIPE, Pôle de Recherche, Normandy University, Caen 14000, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon 69000, France
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Service de Neurologie, Sclérose en Plaques, Pathologies de la Myéline et Neuro-Inflammation, Bron 69500, France
- Observatoire Français de la Sclérose en Plaques, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, INSERM 1028 et CNRS UMR 5292, Lyon 69000, France
- EUGENE DEVIC EDMUS Foundation Against Multiple Sclerosis, State-Approved Foundation, Bron, France
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- Department of Neurology, Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France
- Université de Lorraine, APEMAC, Nancy F-54000, France
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- Department of Neurology, CHU de Toulouse, CRC-SEP, Toulouse Cedex 9 F-31059, France
- Université Toulouse III, Infinity, INSERM UMR1291 - CNRS UMR5051, Toulouse Cedex 3 F-31024, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux F-33000, France
- INSERM U1215, Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux F-33000, France
- Department of Neurology, CHU de Bordeaux, CIC Bordeaux CIC1401, Bordeaux F-33000, France
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Investigation Center, CHU de Strasbourg, CIC 1434, INSERM 1434, Strasbourg F-67000, France
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- CHU Lille, CRCSEP Lille, Univ Lille, U1172, Lille F-59000, France
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- Department of Neurology, CHU de Dijon, EA4184, Dijon F-21000, France
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- Neurology, UR2CA, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pasteur2, Université Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, INSERM, Center for Research in Transplantation and Translational Immunology, UMR 1064, CIC INSERM 1413, Service de Neurologie, Nantes F-44000, France
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- Department of Neurology, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France
- Université Clermont Auvergne, Inserm, Neuro-Dol, Clermont-Ferrand F-63000, France
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- MS Unit, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34295, France
- University of Montpellier (MUSE), Montpellier F-34000, France
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- CHU de Besançon, Service de Neurologie 25 030, Besançon, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, Marseille 13005, France
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- Departement of Neurology, Hôpital de Poissy, Poissy F-78300, France
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- Department of Neurology, Nimes University Hospital, Nimes Cedex 9 F-30029, France
- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, UMR5203, INSERM 1191, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34094, France
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- Univ Rennes, EHESP, CNRS, Inserm, Arènes - UMR 6051, RSMS (Recherche sur les Services et Management en Santé) - U 1309, Rennes F-35000, France
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- UNICAEN, CHU de Caen, INSERM U1086 ANTICIPE, Pôle de Recherche, Normandy University, Caen 14000, France
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- Department of Neurology, UNICAEN, Normandy University, MS Expert Center, CHU de Caen Normandy, Caen 14000, France
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Jawad MU, Pollock BH, Wise BL, Zeitlinger LN, O' Donnell EF, Carr-Ascher JR, Cizik A, Ferrell B, Thorpe SW, Randall RL. Socioeconomic and insurance-related disparities in disease-specific survival among patients with metastatic bone disease. J Surg Oncol 2022; 127:159-173. [PMID: 36121418 DOI: 10.1002/jso.27097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Approximately 5% of cancer patients in the United States presented with metastatic bone disease (MBD) at diagnosis. Current study explores the disparities in survival for patients with MBD. METHODS Patients with the diagnosis of MBD at presentation for the five most common primary anatomical sites were extracted from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Census tract-level dataset (2010-2016). Kaplan-Meier and Cox Proportional Hazard models were used to evaluate survival, and prognostic factors for each cohort. Prognostic significance of socioeconomic status (SES) and insurance status were ascertained. RESULTS The five most common anatomical-sites with MBD at presentation included "lung" (n = 59 739), "prostate" (n = 19 732), "breast" (n = 16 244), "renal and urothelium" (n = 7718) and "colon" (n= 3068). Lower SES was an independent risk factor for worse disease-specific survival (DSS) for patients with MBD originating from lung, prostate, breast and colon. Lack of insurance was an independent risk factor for worse DSS for MBD patients with primary tumors in lung and breast. CONCLUSIONS MBD patients from the five most common primary sites demonstrated SES and insurance-related disparities in disease-specific survival. This is the first and largest study to explore SES and insurance-related disparities among patients specifically afflicted with MBD. Our findings highlight vulnerability of patients with MBD across multiple primary sites to financial toxicity.
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- Muhammad Umar Jawad
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Samaritan Health System, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Nursing and Palliative Care, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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Cancer Patients' Survival According to Socioeconomic Environment in a High-Income Country with Universal Health Coverage. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14071620. [PMID: 35406391 PMCID: PMC8996935 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14071620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Simple Summary The main aim of our paper was to quantify the potential impact of socioeconomic environment on cancer patients’ survival in Slovenia in the 21st century. Despite of universal health coverage and after accounting for basic demographic variables (age and gender), differences in stage at diagnosis, as well as the impact of the cancer treatment improvements over time, we show that cancer patients in Slovenia who have a lower socioeconomic status experience worse survival and increased mortality. The results of this analysis could help decision-makers to better understand inequalities in cancer burden and inform the development of policies to improve or resolve them. Abstract Despite having an established systematic approach to population survival estimation in Slovenia, the influence of socioeconomic environment on cancer patients’ survival has not yet been evaluated. Thus, the main aim of our study was to quantify the potential impact of socioeconomic environment on cancer patients’ survival in our population in the 21st century. The net survival was calculated and stratified into quintiles of Slovenian version of the European Deprivation Index for all adult cancer patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2018 using the national cancer registry data. After accounting for basic demographic variables (age and gender), differences in stage at diagnosis, as well as the impact of the cancer treatment improvements over time, we found that cancer patients in Slovenia with lower socioeconomic status experience worse survival and have higher mortality. In particular, the odds of dying from oral, stomach, colorectal, liver, pancreatic, lung, breast, ovarian, corpus uteri, prostate, and bladder cancers, as well as for melanoma, leukemia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, are significantly higher in the socioeconomically most deprived group of patients compared to the most affluent group. The inequalities in cancer burden we found could help decision-makers to better understand the magnitude of this problem.
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