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  • This study examined how social determinants of health (SDoH) impact HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell cancers (OPSCC) in different sexes, analyzing data from 2010 to 2018.
  • The researchers found that male patients, especially those who are Black or from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, experienced delays in treatment and worse mortality rates compared to females, especially Black females.
  • The study highlights significant disparities driven by social factors, emphasizing the need for tailored healthcare strategies and policies to address these issues in HPV-positive OPSCC patients.

Article Abstract

: This study used multilevel social determinants of health (SDoH) models to determine how SDoH influence different sexes of patients diagnosed with HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell cancers (OPSCC) across the US. : This was a retrospective cohort study assessing HPV-confirmed patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancers from 2010 to 2018 using census-level Yost Index socioeconomic status (SES) score and rurality-urbanicity measures alongside individual-level race-ethnicity while stratifying by biological sex. Age-adjusted multivariate regressions were performed for survival, treatment receipt, and delay of treatment initiation (of 3+ months). : Across 14,076 OPSCC-HPV-positive patients, delay of treatment uniquely featured positive predictors for males of black race-ethnicity (OR, 2.07; 95% CI, 1.68-2.54) and poor Yost SES (1.43; 1.24-1.65). Five-year all-cause mortality uniquely showed positive predictors of females of black race-ethnicity (2.74; 1.84-4.71) and of males with poor Yost SES (1.98; 1.79-2.19). Three-year all-cause mortality shared positive predictors across sexes but were exacerbated in females of black race-ethnicity (2.50; 1.82-3.44) compared to males (2.23; 1.91-2.60); this was reversed for poor Yost SES (male, 1.92, 1.76-2.10; female, 1.60, 1.32-1.95). Surgery showed negative predictors of black race-ethnicity that displayed worsened effects in females (0.60, 0.44-0.79) versus males (0.75, 0.66-0.86). First-line radiation receipt uniquely featured negative predictors for males of black race-ethnicity (0.73; 0.62-0.86) with poor Yost SES (0.74; 0.68-0.82). : Comprehensive models of multilevel SDoH displayed exacerbated disparity effects of community-level SES in males and black race-ethnicity among female HPV-positive OPSCC patients. These objective comparisons of specific SDoH factors inform providers and policy direction on how to strategically target the most pertinent SDoH factors affecting a rapidly growing cancer population.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11546109PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm13216392DOI Listing

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