Publication Date
2015
Journal Title
Dis Markers
Abstract
Introduction. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare disease, even less frequently described in minority patients. We used a large population-based dataset to study the role of race in MPM presentation, treatment, and survival. Methods. All cases of pathologically proven MPM were identified in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Age, sex, diagnosis year, stage, cancer-directed surgery, radiation, and vital status were analyzed according to self-reported race (black or white). Results. There were 13,046 white and 688 black MPM patients (incidence: 1.1 per 100,000 whites; 0.5 per 100,000 blacks; age-adjusted,P = 0.01). Black patients were more likely to be female, younger, and with advanced stage and less likely to undergo cancer directed surgery than whites, after adjustment by stage. On multivariable analysis, younger age and having surgery were associated with longer survival for both cohorts; female gender (HR 0.82 (0.77-0.88)) and early stage at diagnosis (HR 0.83 (0.76-0.90)) were predictive of longer survival in white, but not in black, patients. Conclusions. Surgery was associated with improved survival for both black and white MPM patients. However, black patients were less likely to undergo cancer-directed surgery. Increased surgical intervention in MPM black patients with early stage disease may improve their survival.
Document Type
Article
EPub Date
2015/06/13
Status
Faculty, Northwell Researcher
Facility
School of Medicine; Northwell Health
Primary Department
Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention
Additional Departments
General Internal Medicine
PMID
DOI
10.1155/2015/282145
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