Five-Year Cancer Survival Rates in Oklahoma from 1997 to 2008.
Janis E. Campbella, Krupa Gandhib, Anne Patec, Amanda E. Janitza, Amber S. Andersond, Robin Kinnarde, Kai Dinga
- aCollege of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 801 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
- bOffice of Biostatistics and Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA
- cSchool of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 100 Campus Drive, Weatherford, OK, 73096
- dOklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center, Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Board, 9705 N. Broadway Extension Suite 150, Oklahoma City, OK 73114
- eSchool of Applied Health and Educational Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the five-year observed survival rates of American Indians/Alaskan Native, African American, and white cancer patients among various demographic characteristics in Oklahoma focusing on lung and bronchus, colon and rectum, female breast, and prostate for the cancer patients diagnosed between 1997 and 2008. METHODS: The five-year observed survival rates were calculated for overall cancer and specific cancer sites, using Kaplan-Meier method with data from the Oklahoma Central Cancer Registry. RESULTS: Overall, 51.5% patients diagnosed with cancer survived for five years. For specific sites we found: 79.2% for female breast cancer survived; 77.5% for prostate cancer; 12.9% for lung and bronchus cancer; and 49.9% for colorectal cancer. CONCLUSIONS: The five-year observed survival rates in Oklahoma were consistent with national trends. Overall, cancer survival seems to be improving over time, but there remains disparity with the AA and AI/AN populations in contrast to whites in Oklahoma.
TL;DROverall, cancer survival seems to be improving over time, but there remains disparity with the AA and AI/AN populations in contrast to whites in Oklahoma. (Semantic Scholar)