Determinants of Guideline-Discordant Breast Cancer Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-based breast cancer treatment guidelines recommend the most appropriate course of therapy based on tumor characteristics and extent of disease. Evaluating the multilevel factors associated with guideline discordance is critical to identifying strategies to eliminate breast cancer survival disparities.

Methods

We identified females diagnosed with a first primary, stage I-III breast cancer between the ages of 20-69 years of age from the population-based Seattle-Puget Sound Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry. Participants completed a survey about social support, utilization of patient support services, hypothesized barriers to care, and initiation of breast cancer treatment. We used logistic regression to estimate odds ratios and 95% confid

SUBMITTER: McDougall JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature