Racial Disparity Among Women Diagnosed With Invasive Breast Cancer in a Large Integrated Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Reasons for the well-described disparity in outcomes between African American (AA) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) women with invasive breast cancer are unclear, making it difficult to identify solutions. This study examined the effects of demographics, biomarkers, tumor characteristics, cancer stage, morphology, and treatment variables on overall and cancer-free survival in these patient populations.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed data for 6231 patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer throughout an integrated health system from January 2006 through March 2015. Included for analysis were 5023 NHW and 413 AA women. All category and continuous variables in the study were described in the two groups using appropriate statistics. Kaplan-Meier method of survival w

SUBMITTER: Singh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6664325 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature