Association of Allostatic Load With All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Elevated allostatic load (AL) has been associated with adverse socioenvironmental stressors and tumor characteristics that convey poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer. Currently, the association between AL and all-cause mortality in patients with breast cancer is unknown.

Objective

To examine the association between AL and all-cause mortality in patients with breast cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from an institutional electronic medical record and cancer registry at the National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center. Participants were patients with breast cancer diagnoses (stage I-III) between January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2020. Data were analyzed from April 2022 through November 2022.

Exposu

SUBMITTER: Obeng-Gyasi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196875 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature