Low neighborhood socioeconomic status is associated with higher mortality and increased surgery utilization among metastatic breast cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with advanced stage, lower-quality care, and higher mortality among breast cancer patients. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between neighborhood SES (nSES), surgical management, and disease-specific mortality in de novo metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.

Methods

MBC patients ages 18 to 85+ years diagnosed from 2010 through 2016 were identified in SEER. The cohort was divided into low, middle, and high nSES based on the NCI census tract-level index. Univariable and multivariable analyses were used to examine the relationship between nSES, surgery, and disease specific mortality in MBC patients.

Results

There were 24,532 de

SUBMITTER: Bhattacharyya O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8361177 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature