Time to Surgical Treatment and Facility Characteristics as Potential Drivers of Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality

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• Alternative Title:
  Ann Surg Oncol
• Personal Author:
  Collin, Lindsay J. ; Ross-Driscoll, Katie ; Nash, Rebecca ; Miller-Kleinhenz, Jasmine M. ; Moubadder, Leah ; Osborn, Catherine ; Subhedar, Preeti D. ; Gabram-Mendola, Sheryl G. A. ; Switchenko, Jeffrey M. ; Ward, Kevin C. ; McCullough, Lauren E.
• Description:
  Background.
  
  Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer than White women. This study evaluated the contribution of time to primary surgical management and surgical facility characteristics to racial disparities in breast cancer mortality among both Black and White women.
  
  Methods.
  
  The study identified 2224 Black and 3787 White women with a diagnosis with stages I to III breast cancer (2010–2014). Outcomes included time to surgical treatment (> 30 days from diagnosis) and breast cancer mortality. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) associating surgical facility characteristics with surgical delay were computed, and Cox proportional hazards regression was used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs associating delay and facility characteristics with breast cancer mortality.
  
  Results.
  
  Black women were two times more likely to have a surgical delay (OR, 2.15; 95% CI, 1.92–2.41) than White women. Racial disparity in surgical delay was least pronounced among women treated at a non-profit facility (OR, 1.95; 95% CI, 1.70–2.25). The estimated mortality rate for Black women was two times that for White women (HR, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.83–2.46). Racial disparities in breast cancer mortality were least pronounced among women who experienced no surgical delay (HR, 1.81; 95% CI, 1.28–2.56), received surgery at a government facility (HR, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.76–2.27), or underwent treatment at a Commission on Cancer-accredited facility (HR, 1.82; 95% CI, 1.38–2.40).
  
  Conclusions.
  
  Black women were more likely to experience a surgical delay and breast cancer death. Persistent racial disparities in breast cancer mortality were observed across facility characteristics except for government facilities.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Breast Neoplasms Female Healthcare Disparities Humans Proportional Hazards Models Racial Groups
• Source:
  Ann Surg Oncol. 29(8):4728-4738
• Pubmed ID:
  35435562
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9703360
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  KL2 TR002381/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U58 DP003875/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; TL1TR002540/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K12 GM000680/GM/NIGMS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 2K12GM000680/GM/NIGMS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR002378/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; CCR19608510/KOMEN/Susan G. KomenUnited States/ ; TL1 TR002540/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; HHSN261201800003I/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4a5f072c91aba9571eb7f55e927142f57696146502015d2b9ea92305aa20b845
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/131557/cdc_131557_DS1.pdf
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