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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedFarias AJ, Du XL
Racial differences in adjuvant endocrine therapy use and discontinuation in association with mortality among Medicare breast cancer patients by receptor status.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether racial/ethnic differences in use and discontinuation of adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) differed by hormone receptor status and whether discontinuation was associated with mortality. There are racial/ethnic differences in AET use and discontinuation. Discontinuing treatment was associated with higher risk of all-cause and cancer-specific mortality regardless of hormone receptor status.
AHRQ-funded; HS018956.
Citation: Farias AJ, Du XL .
Racial differences in adjuvant endocrine therapy use and discontinuation in association with mortality among Medicare breast cancer patients by receptor status.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2017 Aug;26(8):1266-75. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0280.
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Keywords: Cancer: Breast Cancer, Disparities, Elderly, Mortality, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Rust G, Zhang S, Malhotra K
Paths to health equity: local area variation in progress toward eliminating breast cancer mortality disparities, 1990-2009.
The researchers examined county-level, age-adjusted breast cancer mortality rates for women who were 35 to 74 years old during the period of 1989-2010. They found that more than half of the counties (54%) showed persistent, unchanging disparities. Roughly 1 in 4 (24%) had a divergent pattern of worsening black/white disparities.
AHRQ-funded; HS022444.
Citation: Rust G, Zhang S, Malhotra K .
Paths to health equity: local area variation in progress toward eliminating breast cancer mortality disparities, 1990-2009.
Cancer 2015 Aug 15;121(16):2765-74. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29405..
Keywords: Cancer: Breast Cancer, Disparities, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Mortality, Racial and Ethnic Minorities