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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57774| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Lack of Impact of Race Alone on Cervical Cancer Survival in Brazil |
| Authors: | Angélica Nogueira Rodrigues Andréia Cristina de Melo Flávia Vieira Guerra Alves Mariana do Nascimento Vilaça Laisa Gabrielle Silva Cristiane Alves Silva Juliana Chaves Fabrini Anderson Thiago Vieira Carneiro Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler |
| Abstract: | Objective: To analyze differences in survival between black and non-black women diagnosed with cervical cancer and treated at the National Cancer Institute in Brazil. Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted using medical records of patients who were treated for cervical cancer between 2006 and 2009 at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of black and non-black patients were compared using the chi-square test. Survival functions over five years were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier estimator and compared using the log-rank test. Associations between race and mortality risk were analyzed using the Cox proportional hazards model. P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The study included 1,482 women, of whom 188 (12.7%) were black, 1,209 (81.6%) were non-black and 85 (5.7%) were of unspecified race. The age at diagnosis of the patients ranged from 19 to 84 years (mean 50.1 years; SD±13.2). Hemoglobin <12 g/dL at the time of diagnosis (p=0.008) and absence of surgery as primary treatment (p = 0.005) were more frequent among black women. Cox analysis adjusted for these two factors showed no statistically significant difference in the mortality risk associated with cervical cancer among black and non-black women (HR=1.1 95% CI 0.9-1.5; p=0.27). Conclusion: After adjusting for hemoglobin levels and surgery, race alone was not shown to be a prognostic factor for patients with cervical cancer |
| Subject: | Neoplasias do colo de útero Prognóstico Etnia |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE CLÍNICA MÉDICA |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | DOI:10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.5.1209 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57774 |
| Issue Date: | 5-Apr-2018 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://journal.waocp.org/?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:29801403&key=2018.19.5.1209 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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