ArticleThe Laryngoscope2017
Socioeconomic disparities and comorbidities, not race, affect salivary gland malignancy survival outcomes.
Article in The Laryngoscope, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Trends and Disparities in Mortality from Malignant Parotid Gland Tumors in the United States, 1999-2023: A Population-Based Analysis.Cancer informatics · 2026Article
- The impact of digital inequities on salivary gland cancer disparities in the United States.Head & neck · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic and Demographic Disparities in the Use of Telemedicine for Ophthalmic Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Ophthalmology · 2022Article
- In response to socioeconomic disparities and comorbidities, not race, affect salivary gland malignancy survival outcomes.The Laryngoscope · 2018Article
- Prognostic factors and overall survival in a 15-year followup of patients with malignant salivary gland tumors: a retrospective analysis of 193 patients.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
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Abstract
objectives/hypothesisThis study sought to determine whether comorbidities, race, and socioeconomic factors affect 5- and 10-year survival outcomes for patients with salivary gland malignancies treated at a single large academic institution with a large African American population. STUDY
designA retrospective cohort study was performed of all patients with salivary gland malignancies, from 1990 to 2015, at a large academic medical center.
methodsStandard statistical analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis and Cox proportional hazard models.
resultsThe overall 5- and 10-year survival rates decreased with age ≥ 60 years (P < .001), stage 3 or 4 (P < .001), clinical T stage 3 or 4 (P < .001), and clinical N stage 1, 2, or 3 (P < .001). Living in a ZIP code with an increasing proportion of residents with a high school degree or less (P < .05), being male (P < .05), increasing age at the time of diagnosis (P < .001), and increasing Charlson comorbidity index (P < .05) detrimentally impacted survival at 5 and 10 years. Race was associated with socioeconomic variables, but race was not a prognostic indicator of survival.
conclusionsSocioeconomic factors and comorbidities, not race, were negative prognostic indicators of survival of patients with salivary gland malignancies. Using race as a marker for socioeconomic status should be used with caution. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4. Laryngoscope, 127:2545-2550, 2017.
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