Socioeconomic status and survival from soft-tissue sarcomas: a population-based study in northern Italy

Am J Public Health. 1991 Jun;81(6):747-9. doi: 10.2105/ajph.81.6.747.

Abstract

Background and purpose: Differential prognosis among cancer patients according to socioeconomic status (SES) has been reported. We analyzed survival from soft tissue sarcomas (STS) according to different SES indicators.

Methods: We followed up all the adult patients with a new diagnosis of STS occurring between 1.1.1981 and 31.12.1983 in an area of Northern Italy (N = 86).

Results: The overall three-year survival rate was 57 percent. After adjustment for confounders, both low education and blue collar jobs were negatively associated with survival.

Conclusions: The results suggest that patients of low SES have a poorer prognosis for STS.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cause of Death
  • Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic
  • Educational Status
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Occupations
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Sarcoma / epidemiology
  • Sarcoma / mortality*
  • Sarcoma / pathology
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology
  • Survival Rate