Socioeconomic Environment and Survival in Patients with Digestive Cancers: A French Population-Based Study.

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Date publication

octobre 2021

Journal

Cancers

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr BOUVIER Anne-Marie, Dr JOOSTE Valérie


Tous les auteurs :
Tron L, Fauvernier M, Bouvier AM, Robaszkiewicz M, Bouvier V, Cariou M, Jooste V, Dejardin O, Remontet L, Alves A, Francim Group, Molinié F, Launoy G

Résumé

Social inequalities are an important prognostic factor in cancer survival, but little is known regarding digestive cancers specifically. We aimed to provide in-depth analysis of the contextual social disparities in net survival of patients with digestive cancer in France, using population-based data and relevant modeling. Digestive cancers ( = 54,507) diagnosed between 2006-2009, collected through the French network of cancer registries, were included (end of follow-up 30 June 2013). Social environment was assessed by the European Deprivation Index. Multidimensional penalized splines were used to model excess mortality hazard. We found that net survival was significantly worse for individuals living in a more deprived environment as compared to those living in a less deprived one for esophageal, liver, pancreatic, colon and rectal cancers, and for stomach and bile duct cancers among females. Excess mortality hazard was up to 57% higher among females living in the most deprived areas (vs. least deprived) at 1 year of follow-up for bile duct cancer, and up to 21% higher among males living in the most deprived areas (vs. least deprived) regarding colon cancer. To conclude, we provide a better understanding of how the (contextual) social gradient in survival is constructed, offering new perspectives for tackling social inequalities in digestive cancer survival.

Mots clés

French cancer registries, cancer net survival, deprivation, digestive cancers, social gradient

Référence

Cancers (Basel). 2021 Oct 14;13(20):