Impact of socioeconomic status and rurality on cancer-specific survival among women with de novo metastatic breast cancer by race/ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There are approximately 150,000 women living with metastatic breast cancer (mBC) in the United States. Disparities in de novo mBC incidence and mortality exist across race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and rurality. However, how SES and rurality independently impact mBC outcomes across different racial/ethnic groups is not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of SES and rurality on cancer-specific mortality among women with mBC by race/ethnicity.

Methods

We conducted a large, population-based retrospective cohort study in women aged 18 + years diagnosed with de novo mBC using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Census Tract-level SES and Rurality Database (2000-2015). Associations between SES/rurality and cancer-

SUBMITTER: Huang HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10224670 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature