Inequities in Thyroid Cancer Care: Populations Most at Risk for Delays in Diagnosis and Treatment
Authors' conclusion
Delays in TC presentation and surgical treatment vary by race, insurance status, and patient location.
Study context
- Population
- Patients diagnosed with well-differentiated thyroid cancer between 2004 and 2016 who underwent thyroidectomy, National Cancer Database
- Participants
- 89,105 patients
- Exposure
- Sociodemographic factors
- Outcome
- Time to surgical treatment, stage, presence of distant metastases and tumor size
Methodological detailsNational Cancer Database, multivariable regression
- National Cancer Database
- Multivariable regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Delays in care, stage, distant metastases and tumor size by sociodemographic factors
- Nonwhite patients who were uninsured or had Medicare or Medicaid were more likely to experience delays in care, present with higher stages at diagnosis, and have distant metastases and larger tumors at presentation
- Distance from treatment facility was associated with delays in surgical treatment and higher stage at presentation
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Inequities in Thyroid Cancer Care: Populations Most at Risk for Delays in Diagnosis and Treatment. Thyroid. Published 5 May 2023. doi:10.
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