Determinants of prostate cancer stage in northern New England: USA Franco-American contextual effects

Parsons, Margaret A.; Askland, Kathleen

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.022

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“…Eight articles examined associations between social and built environment factors and characteristics at diagnosis of cancers identified through cancer registries. Seven of those articles focused on stage at diagnosis (for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers), and 1 focused on cancer molecular subtypes (for breast cancer) . Four articles focused on ethnic density or composition, and 4 focused on other social and built environment factors.…”

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“…A few studies characterized the built environment using additional census measures, including population density, housing, and commuting characteristics; social isolation; and residential stability . Some studies leveraged other sources of geospatial data, including foreclosure data; NOAA data on light at night; weather severity measures; business data to characterize the food environment (availability of healthy vs unhealthy food sources and outlets), recreational physical activity environment, and alcohol outlet availability; and street network data to calculate street connectivity . Several studies collected perceived neighborhood measures from respondents .…”

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“…Seven of those articles focused on stage at diagnosis (for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers), and 1 focused on cancer molecular subtypes (for breast cancer). [29][30][31][32][33][34][35] Four articles focused on ethnic density or composition, and 4 focused on other social and built environment factors. All 8 studies reported significant associations between social environment characteristics and stage at diagnosis or breast cancer subtypes.…”

Section: Cancer Incidence/riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…37,[39][40][41][42]51,53 In addition, the geographic definitions of neighborhood varied across these studies. All cancer registry-based incidence studies were conducted at the tract level because of population denominator availability, whereas other studies were based on patient-level data varying from patientdefined geographies [39][40][41][42] to buffers, 25,42 block groups, 27,[29][30][31]36,43,45,49,50 tracts, 28,35,[38][39][40][41][42]44,48 clusters of tracts, 51 zip codes, 46 towns/places/metropolitan statistical areas, 30,33,34,47,48 and counties. 32 The analytical approaches also varied, with most studies treating the neighborhood variables as independent covariates, a few adjusting variance estimates for clustering at the neighborhood level, and a few using multilevel analyses.…”

Section: Summary Of Neighborhood Factors Included In Studiesmentioning

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The impact of neighborhood social and built environment factors across the cancer continuum: Current research, methodological considerations, and future directions

Gomez

Shariff‐Marco

DeRouen

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Neighborhood social and built environments have been recognized as important contexts in which health is shaped. We review the extent to which these neighborhood factors have been addressed in population-level cancer research, with a scan of the literature for research that focuses on specific social and/or built environment characteristics and association with outcomes across the cancer continuum, including incidence, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and survival. We discuss commonalities and differences in methodologies across studies, current challenges in research methodology, and future directions in this research area. The assessment of social and built environment factors in relation to cancer is a relatively new field, with 82% of 34 reviewed papers published since 2010. Across the wide range of social and built environment exposures and cancer outcomes considered by the studies, numerous associations were reported. However, the directions and magnitudes of association varied, due in large part to the variation in cancer sites and outcomes being studied, but also likely due to differences in study populations, geographical region, and, importantly, choice of neighborhood measure and geographic scale. We recommend that future studies consider the life course implications of cancer incidence and survival, integrate secondary and self-report data, consider work neighborhood environments, and further develop analytical and statistical approaches appropriate to the geospatial and multilevel nature of the data. Incorporating social and built environment factors into research on cancer etiology and outcomes can provide insights into disease processes, identify vulnerable populations, and generate results with translational impact of relevance for interventionists and policy makers.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Section: Summary Of Neighborhood Factors Included In Studiesmentioning

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The impact of neighborhood social and built environment factors across the cancer continuum: Current research, methodological considerations, and future directions

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Shariff‐Marco

DeRouen

et al. 2015

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“…43,44 In one study, living in areas with a higher proportion of individuals of French ancestry was associated with greater odds of late-stage prostate cancer, but was protective for men with French surnames. 44 The same team found no association for CRC stage. 43 Two studies were identified in which the ethnicity of the community was not specified.…”

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Ethnic density and cancer: A review of the evidence

Fang

Tseng

2018

Cancer

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Accumulating data suggest that factors in the social environment may be associated with cancer-related outcomes. Ethnic density, defined as the proportion of racial/ethnic minority individuals residing in a given geographic area, is 1 of the most frequently studied social environment factors, but studies on ethnic density and cancer have yielded inconsistent findings. Thus, the objective of the current review was to summarize the extant data on ethnic density and cancer-related outcomes (cancer risk, stage at diagnosis, and mortality) with the aim of identifying pathways by which ethnic density may contribute to outcomes across populations. In general, the findings indicated an association between ethnic density and increased risk for cancers of infectious origin (eg, liver, cervical) but lower risk for breast and colorectal cancers, particularly among Hispanic and Asian Americans. Hispanic ethnic density was associated with greater odds of late-stage cancer diagnosis, whereas black ethnic density was associated with greater mortality. In addition, this review highlights several methodological and conceptual issues surrounding the measurement of ethnic neighborhoods and their available resources. Clarifying the role of neighborhood ethnic density is critical to developing a greater understanding of the health risks and benefits accompanying these environments and how they may affect racial and ethnic disparities in cancer-related outcomes. Cancer 2018;124:1877-903. © 2018 American Cancer Society.

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Disparities in acute myeloid leukemia treatments and outcomes

Eisfeld

2023

Current Opinion in Hematology

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Purpose of review This review aims to summarize different contributors to survival disparities in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. The focus is set on African-American (hereafter referred to as Black) patients, with separate consideration of self-reported race and ancestry. It aims to also highlight the interconnectivity of the different features that impact on despair survival. Recent findings The main themes in the literature covered in this article include the impact of social deprivation, clinical trial enrollment and biobanking, structural racism and ancestry-associated differences in genetic features on survival outcomes. Summary An increasing number of studies have not only shown persistent survival disparities between Black and non-Hispanic White AML patients, but uncovered a multitude of contributors that have additive adverse effects on patient outcomes. In addition to potentially modifiable features, such as socioeconomic factors and trial enrollment odds that require urgent interventions, there is emerging data on differences in disease biology with respect to genetic ancestry, including frequencies of known AML-driver mutations and their associated prognostic impact.

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Determinants of prostate cancer stage in northern New England: USA Franco-American contextual effects

Cited by 7 publications

References 36 publications

The impact of neighborhood social and built environment factors across the cancer continuum: Current research, methodological considerations, and future directions

The impact of neighborhood social and built environment factors across the cancer continuum: Current research, methodological considerations, and future directions

Ethnic density and cancer: A review of the evidence

Disparities in acute myeloid leukemia treatments and outcomes

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