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Gynecologic oncology · Feb 2014
Regional variation in surgical assessment of lymph nodes for staging among women with early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer.
- Kathleene T Ulanday, Kristy K Ward, Caroline A Macera, Ming Ji, and Steven C Plaxe.
- San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, CA, USA.
- Gynecol. Oncol. 2014 Feb 1; 132 (2): 411-5.
ObjectiveTo investigate geographical and socioeconomic variations in performance of lymph node dissection for the evaluation of patients with early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer.MethodsA population-based, retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from the National Cancer Institute's SEER Program for 15 geographic registries and county-level measures. Women with early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer registered between 2000 and 2008 with known lymph node assessment status were studied. A multiple logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the differences in the likelihood of lymph node assessment according to geographic SEER region.ResultsAfter adjusting for tumor characteristics, demographics, and area-based socioeconomic measures, a significant relationship between SEER region and lymph node dissection remained. Compared to the region with the highest proportion of lymph node dissection, there is a significantly lower probability of surgical assessment of lymph nodes in 8 of the remaining 14 geographical regions.ConclusionsThe variation in ovarian cancer surgical care by region reported in this study has implications for access and outcomes for patients with early-stage disease. Study findings merit further investigation and should be characterized to permit targeted interventions aimed at reducing the observed disparities.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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