Breast cancer incidence and survival in Scotland by socio-economic deprivation and tumour subtype.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women from socio-economically deprived areas are less likely to develop and then to survive breast cancer (BC). Whether associations between deprivation and BC incidence and survival differ by tumour molecular subtypes and mode of detection in Scotland are unknown.

Methods

Data consisted of 62,378 women diagnosed with invasive BC between 2000 and 2016 in Scotland. Incidence rates and time trends were calculated for oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) and negative (ER-) tumours and stratified by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintiles and screening status. SIMD is an area-based measure derived across seven domains: income, employment, education, health, access to services, crime and housing. We calculated adjusted hazard ratios (aHR [95% confidenc

SUBMITTER: Mesa-Eguiagaray I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9239954 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature