Cancer Survival in California Hispanic Farmworkers (1988-2001)
Author: Dodge, Jennifer
Date Published: 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine if cancer survival differs between a Hispanic farmworker population and the general Hispanic population in California. The data was calculated by Hispanic United Farm Workers of America union members and California Hispanics diagnosed from 1988 to 2001 with a primary cancer were identified from the California Hispanics diagnosed from 1988 to 2001 with a first primary cancer were identifed from the California Cancer Registry. Kaplan-Meier observed five-year, cause-specific survival rates and log-rank tests assessed population differences. Cox propotional hazards models for the most common cancers provided age, stage and year of diagnosis adjusted hazard ratios. Findings: Observed 5-year cancer-specific survival rates were lower for Hispanic United Farm Workers of America compared to Hispanic men for all cancer cites combined. Conclusions: Although survival was genreally similar between United Farm Workers of America members and California Hispanic, lower crude survival among United Farm Workers of America men for all sites combined and colorectal cancer warrants public health measures to address barriers to cancer screening in California's Hispanic farmworking populations. Histology-specific analyses with larger sample sizes are required before reaching conclusions on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survival differences.
Date Published: 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine if cancer survival differs between a Hispanic farmworker population and the general Hispanic population in California. The data was calculated by Hispanic United Farm Workers of America union members and California Hispanics diagnosed from 1988 to 2001 with a primary cancer were identified from the California Hispanics diagnosed from 1988 to 2001 with a first primary cancer were identifed from the California Cancer Registry. Kaplan-Meier observed five-year, cause-specific survival rates and log-rank tests assessed population differences. Cox propotional hazards models for the most common cancers provided age, stage and year of diagnosis adjusted hazard ratios. Findings: Observed 5-year cancer-specific survival rates were lower for Hispanic United Farm Workers of America compared to Hispanic men for all cancer cites combined. Conclusions: Although survival was genreally similar between United Farm Workers of America members and California Hispanic, lower crude survival among United Farm Workers of America men for all sites combined and colorectal cancer warrants public health measures to address barriers to cancer screening in California's Hispanic farmworking populations. Histology-specific analyses with larger sample sizes are required before reaching conclusions on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survival differences.
