Social vulnerability is associated with advanced breast cancer presentation and all-cause mortality: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities in breast cancer mortality persist despite improvements in screening and therapeutic options. Understanding the impact of social determinants of health on disparate breast cancer outcomes is challenging due to heterogeneity of prior assessments. We examined the association between social vulnerability and breast cancer stage at diagnosis and mortality using a standardized measure of population risk for external stressors on health.

Methods

Using institutional cancer registry data, female patients aged 18 or older diagnosed with breast cancer between 2012 and 2019 were assigned a 2018 Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) rank based upon home address census tract. We used multinomial logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards model to examine the relat

SUBMITTER: Councell KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11616300 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature