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Racial and socioeconomic correlates of treatment and survival among patients with meningioma: a population-based study. Journal of neuro-oncology Bhambhvani, H. P., Rodrigues, A. J., Medress, Z. A., Hayden Gephart, M. n. 2020

Abstract

Though meningioma is the most common primary brain tumor, there is a paucity of epidemiologic studies investigating disparities in treatment and patient outcomes. Therefore, we sought to explore how sociodemographic factors are associated with rates of gross total resection (GTR) and radiotherapy as well as survival.The National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was queried to identify adult patients with meningioma diagnosed between 2005 and 2015. Socioeconomic status (SES) was determined using a validated composite index in which patients were stratified into tertiles and quintiles. Multivariable logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards analyses were used to identify predictors of treatment and survival, respectively.71,098 patients met our inclusion criteria. Low SES quintile was associated with reduced odds of receiving GTR (OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.69-0.83, p?

View details for DOI 10.1007/s11060-020-03455-2

View details for PubMedID 32193691