Female breast cancer in New South Wales, Australia, by country of birth: implications for health-service delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

NSW has a multicultural population with increasing migration from South East Asia, the Western Pacific and Eastern Mediterranean.

Objective

To compare cancer stage, treatment (first 12 months) and survival for 12 country of birth (COB) categories recorded on the population-based NSW Cancer Registry.

Design

Historic cohort study of invasive breast cancers diagnosed in 2003-2016.

Patients

Data for 48,909 women (18+ ages) analysed using linked cancer registry, hospital inpatient and Medicare and pharmaceutical benefits claims data.

Measurement

Comparisons by COB using multivariate logistic regression and proportional hazards regression with follow-up of vital status to April 30th, 2020.

Results

Compared with the Australia-born, women born

SUBMITTER: Roder D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890625 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature