Relationship between Health Inequalities and Breast Cancer Survival in Mexican Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to analyze the relationship between the survival of patients with breast cancer and health inequalities.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study of women with stage III breast cancer according to public healthcare was conducted. Groups were stratified according to the course of treatment and the presence of chronic disease other than cancer. Survival functions were estimated by using the Kaplan-Meier estimator, while the Cox proportional hazards model was employed for prognostic assessment.

Results

The study was performed on 964 breast cancer patients. One hundred and seventy-six patients (18.23%) died during the follow-up period and 788 (81.77%) were alive at the end of the follow-up period. Education, marital status, personal history of prior biopsie

SUBMITTER: Sollozo-Dupont I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10094649 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature