Location of Receipt of Initial Treatment and Outcomes in Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cancer outcomes differ depending on where treatment is received. We assessed differences in outcomes in long-term breast cancer survivors at a specialty care hospital by location of their initial treatment.

Methods

We retrospectively examined a cohort of women diagnosed with invasive early-stage breast cancer who did not experience recurrence for at least 5 years after the date of diagnosis and were evaluated at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center between January 1997 and August 2008. The location of initial treatment was categorized as MD Anderson (MDA-treated) or other (OTH-treated). Outcomes analyzed included recurrence-free survival (RFS), distant relapse-free survival (DRFS), and overall survival (OS). The Kaplan-Meier product-limit method was used

SUBMITTER: Sinha AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5234813 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature