Ethnicity, deprivation and screening: survival from breast cancer among screening-eligible women in the West Midlands diagnosed from 1989 to 2011.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social inequalities in breast cancer survival are smaller when the cancer is screen-detected. We examined survival from screen-detected and non screen-detected breast cancer by ethnicity and deprivation.

Methods

Cancer registry data for 20 283 women aged 50-70 years, diagnosed between 1989-2011 and invited for screening, were linked with screening and ethnicity data. We examined Asian, Black and White groups, less deprived and middle/more deprived women. Net survival was estimated using ethnic- and deprivation-specific life tables. Estimates were corrected for lead-time bias and over-diagnosis.

Results

Net survival varied by screening history. No significant differences in survival were found by ethnicity. Five-year net survival was 90.0% (95% CI, 89.3-90.8

SUBMITTER: Morris M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4522622 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature