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ArticleClinical epidemiology2020

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Colorectal Cancer Survival in Southern Spain: A Multilevel Population-Based Cohort Study.

Miguel Angel Luque-Fernandez, Daniel Redondo-Sánchez, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, Yoe-Ling Chang-Chan, Elena Salamanca-Fernández, Olivier Núñez, Pablo Fernandez-Navarro, Marina Pollán, María-José Sánchez

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Miguel Angel Luque-FernandezInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada, Non-Communicable Disease and Cancer Epidemiology Group, ibs.GRANADA, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6683-5164
Daniel Redondo-SánchezInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada, Non-Communicable Disease and Cancer Epidemiology Group, ibs.GRANADA, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Miguel Rodríguez-BarrancoInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada, Non-Communicable Disease and Cancer Epidemiology Group, ibs.GRANADA, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Yoe-Ling Chang-ChanInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada, Non-Communicable Disease and Cancer Epidemiology Group, ibs.GRANADA, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7945-3808
Elena Salamanca-FernándezInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada, Non-Communicable Disease and Cancer Epidemiology Group, ibs.GRANADA, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Olivier NúñezBiomedical Network Research Centers of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
Pablo Fernandez-NavarroBiomedical Network Research Centers of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9427-2581
Marina PollánBiomedical Network Research Centers of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
María-José SánchezInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada, Non-Communicable Disease and Cancer Epidemiology Group, ibs.GRANADA, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Spain. Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival are not documented in Spain. We aim to study the association of socioeconomic inequalities with overall mortality and survival among CRC patients in southern Spain.

methodsWe conducted a multilevel population-based cohort study, including CRC cases for the period 2011-2013. The study time-to-event outcome was death, and the primary exposure was CRC patients' socioeconomic status assessed by the Spanish deprivation index at the census tract level. We used a mixed-effects flexible hazard model, including census tract as a random intercept, to derive overall survival estimates by deprivation.

resultsAmong 3589 CRC patients and 12,148 person-years at risk (pyr), 964 patients died before the end of the follow-up. Mortality by deprivation showed the highest mortality rate for the most deprived group (96.2 per 1000 pyr, 95% CI: 84.0-110.2). After adjusting for sex, age, cancer stage, and the area of residence, the most deprived had a 60% higher excess mortality risk than the less deprived group (excess mortality risk ratio: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.1-2.3).

conclusionsWe found a consistent association between deprivation and CRC excess mortality and survival. The reasons behind these inequalities need further investigation in order to improve equality cancer outcomes in all social groups.

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colorectal cancerepidemiological methodsmultilevelpopulation-based epidemiologysocioeconomic inequalitiessurvival

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