Use of and mortality after bilateral mastectomy compared with other surgical treatments for breast cancer in California, 1998-2011.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Bilateral mastectomy is increasingly used to treat unilateral breast cancer. Because it may have medical and psychosocial complications, a better understanding of its use and outcomes is essential to optimizing cancer care.

Objective

To compare use of and mortality after bilateral mastectomy, breast-conserving therapy with radiation, and unilateral mastectomy.

Design, setting, and participants

Observational cohort study within the population-based California Cancer Registry; participants were women diagnosed with stages 0-III unilateral breast cancer in California from 1998 through 2011, with median follow-up of 89.1 months.

Main outcomes and measures

Factors associated with surgery use (from polytomous logistic regression); overall and breast cancer

SUBMITTER: Kurian AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5747359 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature