Journal Article

Disparities in incidence and survival for patients with Ewing sarcoma in Florida

Rahul, Rachna, Pinheiro, Paulo S., Dhir, Aditi, Kronenfeld, Rachel, Koru‐Sengul, Tulay, Pham, Dan, Liu, Qinran

2024

Overview

Background Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a malignant bone tumor most commonly affecting non‐Hispanic White (NHW) adolescent males, though recognition among Hispanic individuals is rising. Prior population‐based studies in the United States (US), utilizing Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) have shown higher all‐cause mortality among White Hispanics, Blacks, and those of low socioeconomic status (SES). Florida is not part of SEER but is home to unique Hispanic populations including Cubans, Puerto Ricans, South Americans that contrasts with the Mexican Hispanic majority in other US states. This study aimed to assess racial/ethnic disparities on incidence and survival outcomes among this diverse Florida patient population. Methodology Our study examined all patients diagnosed with osseous ES (2005–2018) in Florida (n = 411) based on the state's population‐based cancer registry dataset. Florida Age‐adjusted Incidence Rates (AAIRs) were computed by sex and race‐ethnicity and compared to the equivalent populations in SEER. Cause‐specific survival disparities among Florida patients were examined using Kaplan–Meier analysis. Univariable and multivariable analyses using Cox regression were performed for race/ethnicity, with adjustment for age, sex, year of diagnosis, site of disease, staging, SES, and insurance type. Results There was a significantly higher incidence of osseous ES in Florida Hispanic males (AAIR 2.6/1,000,000); (95% CI: 2.0–3.2 per 1,000,000; n = 84) compared to the SEER Hispanic males (AAIR 1.2/1,000,000;1.1–1.4 per 1,000,000; n = 382). Older age, distant metastasis, lack of chemotherapy or surgical resection were statistically significant determinants of poor survival while SES, insurance status and race‐ethnicity were not. However, among nonmetastatic ES, Florida Hispanics had an increased risk of death compared to Florida NHW (adjusted Hazard Ratio 2.32; 95%CI: 1.20–4.46; p = 0.012). Conclusions Florida Hispanic males have a higher‐than‐expected incidence of osseous ES compared to the US. Hispanics of both sexes show remarkably worse survival for nonmetastatic disease compared to NHW. This disparity is likely multifactorial and requires further in‐depth studies.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc,John Wiley and Sons Inc,Wiley
• Subject: Adolescent / Adult / Age / Bone cancer / Bone Neoplasms - epidemiology / Bone Neoplasms - ethnology / Bone Neoplasms - mortality / Bone tumors / Cancer therapies / Chemotherapy / Child / Child, Preschool / Cultural differences / Disease / Epidemiology / Ethnicity / Ewing sarcoma / Ewing's sarcoma / Ewings sarcoma / Fatalities / Female / Females / Florida / Florida - epidemiology / health disparities / Health Status Disparities / Hispanic / Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data / Hispanic people / Humans / Incidence / Infant / Male / Males / Medical prognosis / Metastases / Metastasis / Middle Aged / Minority & ethnic groups / Morphology / Native North Americans / Patients / Population studies / Poverty / Race / Review boards / Sarcoma, Ewing - epidemiology / Sarcoma, Ewing - ethnology / Sarcoma, Ewing - mortality / Sarcoma, Ewing - therapy / SEER Program / Statistical analysis / Surveillance / Survival / Survival analysis / Trends / White People - statistics & numerical data / Young Adult