Assessment of social vulnerability impact in care and prognosis of sinonasal cancers in the United States

Achilles A Kanaris; David J Fei-Zhang; Lily B Fletcher; Stephanie S Smith; Urjeet A Patel; Jill N D'Souza; Daniel C Chelius; Anthony M Sheyn; Jeffrey C Rastatter

doi:10.1002/alr.23334

Assessment of social vulnerability impact in care and prognosis of sinonasal cancers in the United States

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Jul;14(7):1253-1257. doi: 10.1002/alr.23334. Epub 2024 Feb 11.

Authors

Achilles A Kanaris¹, David J Fei-Zhang¹, Lily B Fletcher², Stephanie S Smith³, Urjeet A Patel³, Jill N D'Souza⁴, Daniel C Chelius⁵, Anthony M Sheyn², Jeffrey C Rastatter^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁶ Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 38343159
DOI: 10.1002/alr.23334

Abstract

Social determinants of health interactively influence sinonasal cancer care and prognosis. Housing-transportation and socioeconomic status showed the largest associations with disparities. The social vulnerability index can reveal the social determinants of sinonasal cancers.

Keywords: epithelial cell; paranasal sinus diseases; paranasal sinuses.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms* / therapy
Prognosis
Social Class
Social Determinants of Health
Socioeconomic Factors
United States / epidemiology
Vulnerable Populations / statistics & numerical data