The influence of socio-economic status on the fulfilment of Saint-Gallen recommendations for early-stage breast cancer.

ABSTRACT: Socio-economic status (SES) is related to breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis. We study if SES is related to the adequacy of the treatment according to Saint Gallen consensus in Spanish women with incident breast cancer. Breast cancer cohort was assembled from incident cases from MCC-Spain and prospective followed-up afterwards. Participants were then classified according to the Saint-Gallen consensus in three categories (In Saint-Gallen, who received therapy accorded by Saint Gallen; Over Saint-Gallen, who received some additional therapy; or Under Saint-Gallen, who did not receive the complete therapy). Association between SES and Saint-Gallen fulfilment was analyzed using multinomial logistic regression, adjusting for clinicopathological and patient-related variables. 1115 patients in

SUBMITTER: Dierssen-Sotos T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12019212 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature