Govind S Bindra, David J Fei-Zhang, Atharva Desai, John Maddalozzo, Stephanie S Smith, Urjeet A Patel, Daniel C Chelius, Jill N D'Souza, Jeffrey C Rastatter, M Boyd Gillespie, Anthony M Sheyn
BACKGROUND: Salivary gland cancers (SGC)-social determinants of health (SDoH) investigations are limited by narrow scopes of SGC-types and SDoH. This Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)-study hypothesized that socioeconomic status (SES) most contributed to SDoH-associated SGC-disparities. METHODS: Retrospective cohort of 24 775 SGCs assessed SES, minority-language status (ML), household composition (HH), housing-transportation (HT), and composite-SDoH measured by the SVI via regressions with surveillance and survival length, late-staging presentation, and treatment (surgery, radio-, chemotherapy) receipt...
April 23, 2024: Head & Neck