Open AccessRacial and Ethnic Differences in Sarcoma Incidence Are Independent of Census-Tract Socioeconomic Status
Author(s) -
Brandon J. Diessner,
Brenda Weigel,
Paari Murugan,
Lin Zhang,
Jenny N. Poynter,
Logan G. Spector
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer epidemiology, biomarkers and prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.234
H-Index - 192
eISSN - 1538-7755
pISSN - 1055-9965
DOI - 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0520
Subject(s) - sarcoma , incidence (geometry) , demography , medicine , socioeconomic status , epidemiology , ethnic group , etiology , population , surveillance, epidemiology, and end results , cancer registry , pathology , environmental health , sociology , anthropology , physics , optics
Epidemiologic analyses of sarcoma are limited by the heterogeneity and rarity of the disease. Utilizing population-based surveillance data enabled us to evaluate the contribution of census tract-level socioeconomic status (CT-SES) and race/ethnicity on sarcoma incidence rates.