Racial and ethnic characteristics and cancer-specific survival in Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumors.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is limited insight into the epidemiological characteristics and effect of race and ethnicity on Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumors (PMCTs).

OBJECTIVES: Comparison of clinical characteristics and cancer-specific survival outcomes of major races in the United States from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Result (SEER) registry.

METHODS: ICD-O-3 codes were used to identify PMCTs for the years 1975 to 2015. Three major races were identified-"White", "Black", and "Asian/Pacific Islander". Cancer-specific survival outcomes were compared using Kaplan-Meier analysis across and amongst races, based on tumor histology. A subgroup analysis of cancer-specific survival was performed between "Hispanics" and "non-Hispanics."

RESULTS: Seven hundred and twenty patients were identified-47% females and 79% White, mean age at diagnosis (47 ± 20 years). Black patients were significantly younger (39 ± 18 years) and presented more commonly with angiosarcomas (53%). Non-angiogenic sarcomas and lymphomas were the most common tumors in the White (38%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (34%) cohorts. For a median follow-up period of 50 (IQR3-86) months, cancer-specific survival (mean ± SD, in months) was worse in Blacks (9 ± 3) as compared to Whites (15 ± 1) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14 ± 1) (

CONCLUSION: Black and non-Hispanic patients have poorer cancer-specific survival in PMCTs.

Volume

9

First Page

961160

Last Page

961160

ISSN

2297-055X

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

36093161

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article

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