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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

The role of insurance status as a mediator of racial disparities in oropharyngeal cancer outcomes

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Abstract

Background

To assess the role of insurance status as a mediator of racial disparities in oropharyngeal cancer outcomes.

Methods

This was a population-based retrospective cohort study. Data were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 18 database. The study cohort included 11 627 patients diagnosed with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma between 2010 and 2015.

Results

The association between black race and increased risk of unresectable disease was slightly attenuated, but persistent, after including insurance status as a covariate (odds ratio [OR] 1.34, 95%CI 1.10–1.63). Likewise, black race was no longer associated with worse disease-specific survival (hazard ratio [HR] 1.11, 95%CI 0.99–1.26), but remained associated with worse overall survival with a slightly decreased effect size (HR 1.13, 95%CI 1.01–1.25).

Conclusions

Insurance status plays a significant role in, but does not completely account for, the persistent racial disparities in oropharyngeal cancer outcomes.

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