Knowledge of a cancer diagnosis is a protective factor for the survival of patients with breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health burden of breast cancer is rising in China. The effect of informed diagnosis on long-term survival is not fully understood. This retrospective cohort study aims to explore the association between early informed diagnosis and survival time in breast cancer patients.

Methods

A total of 12,327 breast cancer patients were enrolled between October 2002 and December 2016. Potential factors, including knowing the cancer diagnosis status, sex, age, clinical stage, surgery history, grade of reporting hospital and diagnostic year were, analyzed. We followed up all participants every 6 months until June 2017. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to balance the clinicopathologic characteristics between patients who knew their diagnosis and those who did not.

SUBMITTER: He C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8237449 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature