TY - JOUR
T1 - Disparities in Time to Treatment for Skin Cancer
AU - Ahmed, Syeda Hoorulain
AU - Manaise, Harsheen Kaur
AU - Popp, Reed
AU - Sharan, Seema
AU - Bansal, Shivam
AU - Sukniam, Kulkaew Belle
AU - Raikot, Swathi R.
AU - Kowkabany, Gabrielle
AU - Jimenez, Paola Berrios
AU - Popp, Kyle
AU - Mubarak, Fatima
AU - George, Anthony
AU - Gabriel, Emmanuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Institute of Anticancer Research. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background/Aim: Skin cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. This study aimed to identify factors contributing to the disparities in skin cancer treatment. Patients and Methods: Data from The National Cancer Database (NCDB) spanning 2004 to 2019 were utilized. Variables including age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity (CDC) score, geographic location, insurance status, income, grade and stage of cancer, and type of treatment facility impacting the time to treatment, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy were analyzed. Results: Trends of longer time to treatment were seen with older age, non-Hispanic white, uninsured, those with a higher CDC score, and treated at academic facilities. Additionally, annual income and clinicopathology of cancer were also significantly associated with time to treatment. Conclusion: Our findings contribute to the expanding body of evidence pointing to the influence of socioeconomic and demographic factors in treatment disparities across diverse patient populations.
AB - Background/Aim: Skin cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. This study aimed to identify factors contributing to the disparities in skin cancer treatment. Patients and Methods: Data from The National Cancer Database (NCDB) spanning 2004 to 2019 were utilized. Variables including age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity (CDC) score, geographic location, insurance status, income, grade and stage of cancer, and type of treatment facility impacting the time to treatment, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy were analyzed. Results: Trends of longer time to treatment were seen with older age, non-Hispanic white, uninsured, those with a higher CDC score, and treated at academic facilities. Additionally, annual income and clinicopathology of cancer were also significantly associated with time to treatment. Conclusion: Our findings contribute to the expanding body of evidence pointing to the influence of socioeconomic and demographic factors in treatment disparities across diverse patient populations.
KW - disparity
KW - Skin cancer
KW - treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85178651240&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.21873/anticanres.16757
DO - 10.21873/anticanres.16757
M3 - Article
C2 - 38030200
AN - SCOPUS:85178651240
SN - 0250-7005
VL - 43
SP - 5555
EP - 5562
JO - Anticancer Research
JF - Anticancer Research
IS - 12
ER -
