Neighborhood Disadvantage and Breast Cancer-Specific Survival in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite improvements in breast cancer screening, treatment, and survival, disparate breast cancer-specific survival outcomes persist, particularly in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Most of these disparities are attributed to disparities in individual, tumor, and treatment characteristics. However, a critical knowledge gap exists as to whether disparities in breast cancer-specific survival remain after accounting for individual, tumor, and treatment characteristics.

Objective

To evaluate if neighborhood disadvantage is associated with shorter breast cancer-specific survival after controlling for individual, tumor, and treatment characteristics in a national population.

Design, setting, and participants

This national retrospective cohort study included patients

SUBMITTER: Goel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12634134 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature