AIM: The present study evaluates uterine cancer survival in a black cohort living in Brooklyn and determines whether foreign-born women have a health benefit over those born in the USA. MATERIALS & METHODS: De-identified cancer registry data were obtained for all black patients (n = 311) diagnosed with primary uterine cancer between 1993 and 2007. Survival rates were analyzed according to place of birth. RESULTS: The 5-year survival rate was slightly higher for US-born black patients; the predictors of overall survival were different for foreign-born black women compared with US-born black women. Age was a predictor of death in US-born women and type of treatment was a predictor in foreign-born women. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that grouping together US-born and foreign-born black patients may mask important differences within the black population. The observed differences between US-born and foreign-born black patients may be associated with variations in environmental and other lifestyle exposures that contribute to more aggressive histologic types.
AIM: The present study evaluates uterine cancer survival in a black cohort living in Brooklyn and determines whether foreign-born women have a health benefit over those born in the USA. MATERIALS & METHODS: De-identified cancer registry data were obtained for all black patients (n = 311) diagnosed with primary uterine cancer between 1993 and 2007. Survival rates were analyzed according to place of birth. RESULTS: The 5-year survival rate was slightly higher for US-born black patients; the predictors of overall survival were different for foreign-born black women compared with US-born black women. Age was a predictor of death in US-born women and type of treatment was a predictor in foreign-born women. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that grouping together US-born and foreign-born black patients may mask important differences within the black population. The observed differences between US-born and foreign-born black patients may be associated with variations in environmental and other lifestyle exposures that contribute to more aggressive histologic types.
Authors: Sophia Y Liu; Lin Lu; Dan Pringle; Mary Mahler; Chongya Niu; Rebecca Charow; Kyoko Tiessen; Christine Lam; Oleksandr Halytskyy; Hiten Naik; Henrique Hon; Margaret Irwin; Vivien Pat; Christina Gonos; Catherine W T Chan; Jodie Villeneuve; Ravi M Shani; Maha Chaudhry; M Catherine Brown; Peter Selby; Doris Howell; Wei Xu; Shabbir M H Alibhai; Jennifer M Jones; Geoffrey Liu; Lawson Eng Journal: Cancer Med Date: 2019-03-21 Impact factor: 4.452
Authors: Elizabeth Blackman; Kimlin Ashing; Denise Gibbs; Yin-Ming Kuo; Andrew Andrews; Meganathan Ramakodi; Karthik Devarajan; Jackie Bucci; Gilda Jean-Louis; Oni Richards-Waritay; Barbara Wilson; Carlene Bowen; Eric Edi; Vera Tolbert; Raphiatou Noumbissi; Daramola N Cabral; JoAnn Oliver; Robin Roberts; Marshall Tulloch-Reid; Camille Ragin Journal: Ethn Health Date: 2018-11-19 Impact factor: 2.732