Are There Differences in Treatment and Survival Between Poor, Older Black and White Women with Breast Cancer?

摘要: Objectives To explore differences in treatment and survival outcome between poor, older black white women with breast cancer. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Public safety net hospital. Participants Women aged 65 diagnosed cancer from 1999 to 2008 (n = 1,000). Measurements Breast treatments that sought were compared using the Pearson chi-square test. All-cause mortality of was hazard ratios derived a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model. Results There no significant difference surgical treatment, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy over study period. Race not predictor model controlled for stage cancer, age at diagnosis, dual-eligibility status, comorbid conditions, body mass index, smoking history, mammogram screening, cancer. Conclusion Race did appear affect low socioeconomic status. This may be associated similar healthcare delivery equivalent access health care this study.