The relationship of socio-economic status and access to minimum expected therapy among female breast cancer patients in the National Cancer Institute Black-White Cancer Survival Study.

摘要: Black women are more likely to be diagnosed with later stage breast cancer and have higher mortality rates from than white women. To determine whether treatment varies for black women, we analyzed data the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Black-White Survival Study (BWCSS). Data hospital medical records, central review of histology slides, patient interviews on 861 cases (in situ invasive) were examined. Minimum expected therapy was defined each disease as a basic minimum course that incorporated current practice, state-of-the-art knowledge, recommendations advanced by NIH Consensus Conferences up including one held in 1985. Patients this study during 1985-1986. Using logistic regression techniques, those who received at least compared did not. Thirty-six percent patients late not receive four early disease. Older no usual source care significantly less therapy. Overall, 21% 15%