ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2024
Racial implications of time to surgery in disparities in thyroid cancer survival.
Article in American journal of surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- The role of rurality and race/ethnicity in thyroid cancer stage at diagnosis and survival among adolescents and young adults in the United States: an analysis of 2000-2021 SEER data.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Short-term impact of delayed surgical treatment on the prognosis of patients with T1bN1-stage PTC: a retrospective cohort study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Loss of Follow-up for Thyroid Nodules in Patients Living in Poverty.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2025Article
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introductionThe influence of time to surgery on racial/ethnic disparities in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) survival remains unstudied. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe National Cancer Database (2004-2017) was queried for patients with localized PTC. Survival data was compared by time to surgery, patient demographics, and multivariable Cox regression was performed.
resultsOf 126,708 patients included, 5% were Black, 10% Hispanic. Of all patients, 85% had no comorbidities. Non-Hispanic White (NHW) patients had a shorter median time to surgery than Black and Hispanic patients (36 vs. 43 vs. 42 days, respectively p < 0.001). In multivariable analysis, longer time to surgery (>90 days vs < 30 days) and Black race vs NHW, were associated with worse survival (HR: 1.56, (95%CI, 1.43-1.70), p < 0.001 and HR: 1.21, (1.08-1.36), p = 0.001), respectively.
conclusionDelaying surgery for thyroid cancer is associated with worse survival. However, independent of time to surgery and other confounders, there remains a disparity as black patients have poorer outcomes.
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