Ethnicity and outcome of young breast cancer patients in the United Kingdom: the POSH study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black ethnic groups have a higher breast cancer mortality than Whites. American studies have identified variations in tumour biology and unequal health-care access as causative factors. We compared tumour pathology, treatment and outcomes in three ethnic groups in young breast cancer patients treated in the United Kingdom.

Methods

Women aged ≤ 40 years at breast cancer diagnosis were recruited to the POSH national cohort study (MREC: 00/06/69). Personal characteristics, tumour pathology and treatment data were collected at diagnosis. Follow-up data were collected annually. Overall survival (OS) and distant relapse-free survival (DRFS) were assessed using Kaplan-Meier curves, and multivariate analyses were performed using Cox regression.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Copson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3887284 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature