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The impact of rural residence on adult brain cancer survival in the United States.
Delavar, Arash; Al Jammal, Omar M; Maguire, Kathleen R; Wali, Arvin R; Pham, Martin H.
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  • Delavar A; Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
  • Al Jammal OM; Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
  • Maguire KR; Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
  • Wali AR; Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
  • Pham MH; Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA. mhpham@ucsd.edu.
J Neurooncol ; 144(3): 535-543, 2019 Sep.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31385185
PURPOSE: Rural/urban disparities in brain cancer survival have been reported. However, disparities by cancer type or in the United States as a whole remain poorly understood. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 18 registries database, we examined brain cancer survival by rural/urban residence defined by Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCCs). METHODS: We obtained data from SEER 18 registries for individuals aged 20 years and older with a first primary malignant brain cancer from 2001 to 2011. Rural/urban residence at diagnosis was defined using both metropolitan/non-metropolitan county classifications and individual RUCC categories. We used Cox proportional hazards regression to compute adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between rural/urban residence and brain cancer survival. RESULTS: Among 37,581 cancer cases, 77.9% were non-Hispanic White, 56.5% were male, and 88.7% lived in a metropolitan county. Brain cancer patients living in the most rural counties had a significant increased risk of cancer death compared to those living in the most urban counties (HR 1.15; 95% CI 1.01-1.31). Those living in non-metropolitan counties had a similar risk of cancer death compared to those living in metropolitan counties (HR 1.01; 95% CI 0.97-1.06). Effect modification was observed overall by cancer type, with non-specified oligodendroglioma (HR 1.35; 95% CI 1.01-1.81) showing the greatest effect. CONCLUSION: After adjusting for confounding factors, our results suggest that rural residence has a modest effect on brain cancer survival, and that this disparity may vary by cancer type. Future research should explore differences in treatment strategies between rural and urban brain cancer patients.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: População Rural / Neoplasias Encefálicas Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: J Neurooncol Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: População Rural / Neoplasias Encefálicas Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: J Neurooncol Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos