Gender and ethnic disparities in colon cancer presentation and outcomes in a US universal health care setting

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 645-651

  Amri, Ramzi ^a   Stronks, Karien ^b   Bordeianou, Liliana G ^a   Sylla, Patricia ^a   Berger, David L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

colonic neoplasms; disease free survival; health status disparities; healthcare disparities; minority health; mortality; neoplasm staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; MINORITY HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM STAGING;

ADULT; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899504830     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23567     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Geiger HJ, Borchelt G,: Racial and ethnic disparities in US health care. Lancet 2003; 362: 1674. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14806-4
2. Dunlop DD, Manheim LM, Song J, et al.: Gender and ethnic/racial disparities in health care utilization among older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2002; 57: S221-S233.
3. Read JG, Gorman BK,: Gender inequalities in US adult health: The interplay of race and ethnicity. Soc Sci Med 2006; 62: 1045-1065. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.009
4. Wong MD, Shapiro MF, Boscardin WJ, et al.: Contribution of major diseases to disparities in mortality. N Engl J Med 2002; 347: 1585-1592. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa012979
5. Paasche-Orlow MK, Parker RM, Gazmararian JA, et al.: The prevalence of limited health literacy. J Gen Intern Med 2005; 20: 175-184. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40245.x
6. Bach PB, Pham HH, Schrag D, et al.: Primary care physicians who treat blacks and whites. N Engl J Med 2004; 351: 575-584. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa040609
7. Siegel S, Moy E, Burstin H,: Assessing the nation's progress toward elimination of disparities in health care. J Gen Intern Med 2004; 19: 195-200.
8. Harper S, Rushani D, Kaufman JS,: Trends in the black-white life expectancy gap, 2003-2008. JAMA 2012; 307: 2257-2259. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012. 5059
9. Shellnut JK, Wasvary HJ, Grodsky MB, et al.: Evaluating the age distribution of patients with colorectal cancer: Are the United States Preventative Services Task Force guidelines for colorectal cancer screening appropriate ? Dis Colon Rectum 2010; 53: 5-8. doi: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181bc01d1
10. Haggar FA, Boushey RP,: Colorectal cancer epidemiology: Incidence, mortality, survival, and risk factors. Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2009; 22: 191-197. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1242458
11. Giovannucci E, Harlan DM, Archer MC, et al.: Diabetes and cancer: a consensus report. Diabetes Care 2010; 33: 1674-1685. doi: 10.2337/dc10-0666
12. Kushi LHL, Byers TT, Doyle CC, et al.: American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for cancer prevention: Reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity. CA Cancer J Clin 2006; 56: 254-254. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.56.5.254
13. Siegel R, Naishadham D, Jemal A,: Cancer statistics, 2012. CA Cancer J Clin 2012; 62: 10-29. doi: 10.3322/caac.20138
14. Ward EE, Jemal AA, Cokkinides VV, et al.: Cancer disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. CA Cancer J Clin 2004; 54: 78-93. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.54.2.78
15. Murphy G, Devesa SS, Cross AJ, et al.: Sex disparities in colorectal cancer incidence by anatomic subsite, race and age. Int J Cancer 2011; 128: 1668-1675. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25481
16. Gunderson LL, Jessup JM, Sargent DJ, et al.: Revised TN categorization for colon cancer based on national survival outcomes data. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28: 2064-271. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.24.0952
17. Siegel RL, Ward EM, Jemal A,: Trends in colorectal cancer incidence rates in the United States by tumor location and stage, 1992-2008. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2012; 21: 411-416. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-1020
18. Amri R, Bordeianou LG, Sylla P, et al.: Impact of screening colonoscopy on outcomes in colon cancer surgery. JAMA Surg 2013; 148: 747-754. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.8
19. Laiyemo AO, Doubeni C, Pinsky PF, et al.: Race and colorectal cancer disparities: Health-care utilization vs different cancer susceptibilities. J Natl Cancer Inst 2010; 102: 538-546. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djq068
20. Breen NN, Wagener DKD, Brown MLM, et al.: Progress in cancer screening over a decade: Results of cancer screening from the 1987, 1992 and 1998 National Health Interview Surveys. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001; 93: 1704-1713.
21. Peterson NB, Murff HJ, Ness RM, et al.: Colorectal cancer screening among men and women in the United States. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2007; 16: 57-65. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0131
22. Long SK, Zuckerman S,: MassHealth succeeds in expanding coverage for adults. Inquiry 2004; 41: 268-279.
23. Seifert RW, Anthony S,: The Basics of MassHealth. Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute 2011; 1-6.
24. Long SK, Stockley K, Dahlen H,: Massachusetts health reforms: Uninsurance remains low, self-reported health status improves as state prepares to tackle costs. Health Aff (Millwood) 2012; 31: 444-451. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0653
25. Li M, Li JY, Zhao AL, et al.: Colorectal cancer or colon and rectal cancer? Clinicopathological comparison between colonic and rectal carcinomas. Oncology 2007; 73: 52-57. doi: 10.1159/000120628
26. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, et al.: A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation. J Chronic Dis 1987; 40: 373-383.
27. Edge SB, Byrd DR, Compton CC, et al.: AJCC cancer staging manual. 7th edition. New York, NY: Springer; 2010.
28. Bewick V, Cheek L, Ball J,: Statistics review 12: Survival analysis. Crit Care 2004; 8: 389-394. doi: 10.1186/cc2955
29. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2011 American community survey 1-year estimates. Detailed tables generated by Ramzi Amri using American Factfinder; http://factfinder.census.gov/ November 20, 2012. 2012: 1-4.
30. Elliss-Brookes L, McPhail S, Ives A, et al.: Routes to diagnosis for cancer-Determining the patient journey using multiple routine data sets. Br J Cancer 2012; 107: 1220-1226. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.408
31. Marcella S, Miller JE,: Racial differences in colorectal cancer mortality. The importance of stage and socioeconomic status. J Clin Epidemiol 2001; 54: 359-366.
32. Alexander DD, Waterbor J, Hughes T, et al.: African-American and Caucasian disparities in colorectal cancer mortality and survival by data source: An epidemiologic review. Cancer Biomark 2007; 3: 301-313.
33. Roetzheim RG, Pal N, Gonzalez EC, et al.: Effects of health insurance and race on colorectal cancer treatments and outcomes. Am J Public Health 2000; 90: 1746-1754.
34. Mayberry RM, Coates RJ, Hill HA, et al.: Determinants of black/white differences in colon cancer survival. J Natl Cancer Inst 1995; 87: 1686-1693.
35. Halpern MT, Ward EM, Pavluck AL, et al.: Association of insurance status and ethnicity with cancer stage at diagnosis for 12 cancer sites: A retrospective analysis. Lancet Oncol 2008; 9: 222-231. doi: 10.1016/S1470- 2045(08)70032-9
36. U. S. Bureau of the Census. Income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States: 2010. US Government Printing Office. 2011; 1-95.