The effect of attendance in the Dutch breast cancer screening program on breast tumor characteristics among migrant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In general, migrant women have a lower breast cancer (BC) incidence rate and higher BC mortality than autochthonous women. Further, migrant women show lower participation in the national BC screening program. To further investigate those aspects, we aimed to determine differences in incidence and tumor characteristics between autochthonous and migrant BC patients in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Methods

We selected women diagnosed with BC in Rotterdam during 2012-2015 from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Incidence rates were calculated by migrant status (i.e., women with or without migration background). Multivariable analyses revealed adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) on the association between migration status and patient and tumor chara

SUBMITTER: Dassen RRE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10034141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature