Associations of Socioeconomic Variables With Resection, Stage, and Survival in Patients With Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer
Author(s) -
Mia Shapiro,
Qi Chen,
Qin Huang,
Valia A. Boosalis,
Charles H. Yoon,
Mandeep S. Saund,
Edward E. Whang,
Jason S. Gold
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4239
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , odds ratio , adenocarcinoma , marital status , retrospective cohort study , epidemiology , stage (stratigraphy) , pancreatic cancer , surveillance, epidemiology, and end results , cancer , demography , cancer registry , population , paleontology , environmental health , biology , sociology
Socioeconomic variables including sex, race, ethnicity, marital status, and insurance status are associated with survival in pancreatic cancer. It remains unknown exactly how these variables influence survival, including whether they affect stage at presentation or receipt of treatment or are independently associated with outcomes.
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