Breast Cancer Treatment Delay in SafetyNet Health Systems, Houston Versus Southeast Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer outcomes among patients who use safety-net hospitals in the highly populated Harris County, Texas and Southeast Brazil are poor. It is unknown whether treatment delay contributes to these outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of patients with non-metastatic breast cancer diagnosed between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2011 at Harris Health Texas and Unicamp's Women's Hospital, Barretos Hospital, and Brazilian National Institute of Cancer, Brazil. We used Cox proportional hazards regression to evaluate association of time to treatment and risk of recurrence (ROR) or death.

Results

One thousand one hundred ninety-one patients were included. Women in Brazil were more frequently diagnosed with stage III disease (32.3% v

SUBMITTER: Shafaee MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9074991 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature