Persistent Neighborhood Poverty and Breast Cancer Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with breast cancer residing in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities often face poorer outcomes (eg, mortality) compared with individuals living in neighborhoods without persistent poverty.

Objective

To examine persistent neighborhood poverty and breast tumor characteristics, surgical treatment, and mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort analysis of women aged 18 years or older diagnosed with stage I to III breast cancer between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2018, and followed up until December 31, 2020, was conducted. Data were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, and data analysis was performed from August 2023 to March 2024.

Exposure

Residence in areas affected by pe

SUBMITTER: Chen JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11362869 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature