Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Emily Pang , Stephanie M. Smith , Olga Saynina , Lidia Schapira , Lisa J. Chamberlain
Background: Though guidelines recommend lifelong follow-up for pediatric and adolescent/young adult (AYA) cancer survivors, this has been challenging to implement in clinical practice. We constructed an institutional cohort of pediatric/AYA cancer survivors in order to evaluate follow-up patterns and identify predictors of cancer center-based follow-up. We hypothesized that follow-up would be lower for patients with greater individual- and area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and longer time since treatment. Methods: This retrospective cohort study used EHR data at an academic medical center. We included all patients who completed cancer treatment between 2010-2019 and were aged 0-29 years at last treatment date. Treatment was defined by diagnosis/procedure codes and medication records for chemotherapy, radiation, stem cell transplant, and cancer surgery. The primary outcome of cancer center-based follow-up was defined by clinic visits in an oncology department through 12/31/2022. Patients who died were excluded after the date of death. Multivariate logistic regression models (overall, age 0-19, age 20-29) evaluated the association of follow-up with age, sex, race/ethnicity, treatment intensity, insurance type, primary language, distance to cancer center, and area deprivation index (ADI, a composite measure of socioeconomic disadvantage). Results: 2210 patients were included with an overall rate of cancer center-based follow-up that decreased from 94% 1 year after treatment to 61% at 2-3 years, 45% at 4-5 years, and 35% at 6-7 years. Follow-up was not significantly associated with race/ethnicity, insurance type, primary language, or ADI for overall or age-specific cohorts. Patients >100 miles away had lower odds of follow-up. Increasing age was associated with decreased odds of follow-up, and this trend persisted over time since treatment (Table). Conclusions: Patterns of decreased pediatric/AYA cancer survivor follow-up were largely predicted by age and time since treatment. Further work is ongoing to understand drivers of follow-up disparities, including transfers of care and insurance type among AYA patients and the role of community support and telemedicine in healthcare access and health promotion.
OR at 2-3 years (95% CI) | OR at 4-5 years (95% CI) | OR at 6-7 years (95% CI) | |
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Age 25-29 | 0.30 (0.19-0.45) | 0.20 (0.12-0.33) | 0.32 (0.18-0.59) |
Age 20-24 | 0.47 (0.31-0.71) | 0.29 (0.18-0.46) | 0.31 (0.17-0.55) |
Age 15-19 | 0.67 (0.44-1.03) | 0.42 (0.26-0.67) | 0.34 (0.19-0.62) |
Age 10-14 | 0.99 (0.64-1.53) | 0.62 (0.39-0.99) | 0.73 (0.40-1.31) |
Age 5-9 | 1.42 (0.91-2.21) | 1.03 (0.63-1.67) | 1.39 (0.76-2.54) |
Age 0-4 | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) |
>100 mi from cancer center | 0.68 (0.47-0.96) | 0.61 (0.40-0.94) | 0.53 (0.29-0.94) |
51-100 mi | 1.07 (0.79-1.44) | 0.89 (0.64-1.26) | 1.02 (0.66-1.59) |
0-50 mi | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) |
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