Black and White Women in Maryland Receive Different Treatment for Cervical Cancer

Saroj Fleming, Nicholas H Schluterman, J Katthleen Tracy and Sarah M Temkin

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 8, 1-8

Abstract: Purpose: Despite an overall decrease in incidence, the death rate from cervical cancer in the United States remains higher in black women than their white counterparts. We examined the Maryland Cancer Registry (MCR) to determine treatment factors that may explain differences in outcomes between races in the state of Maryland. Methods: Incident cervical cancers in the MCR 1992–2008 were examined. Demographics, tumor characteristics and treatments were compared between races and over time. Results: Our analysis included 2034 (1301 white, 733 black) patients. Black women were more likely to have locally advanced or metastatic disease at diagnosis (p

Date: 2014
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