Choice of local therapy for young women with early-stage breast cancer who have young-aged children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decision making regarding the initial treatment of women with breast cancer is complicated. In the current study, the authors examined the relationship between treatment choices and their children's ages among young women with early-stage breast cancer.

Methods

Using the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters database, the authors identified women aged 20 to 50 years who underwent lumpectomy or mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer between 2008 and 2014. Predictors of compliance with radiotherapy after undergoing lumpectomy and of undergoing mastectomy were determined using multinomial logistic regression. The authors conducted sensitivity analyses to explore the impact of the number of young-aged children and a reduction in the sample size in 2014 due to

SUBMITTER: Pan IW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9109152 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature