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Influence of Patient, Physician, and Hospital Characteristics on the Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Care for Inflammatory Breast Cancer
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Nov 21 2015
Source: Cancer Epidemiol. 40:7-14. -
Alternative Title:Cancer Epidemiol
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Description:Purpose
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer for which treatments vary, so we sought to identify factors that affect the receipt of guideline-concordant care.
Methods
Patients diagnosed with IBC in 2004 were identified from the Breast and Prostate Cancer Data Quality and Patterns of Care Study, containing information from cancer registries in seven states. Variation in guideline-concordant care for IBC, based on National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines, was assessed according to patient, physician, and hospital characteristics.
Results
Of the 107 IBC patients in the study without distant metastasis at the time of diagnosis, only 25.8% received treatment concordant with guidelines. Predictors of non-concordance included patient age (≥70 years), non-white race, normal body mass index (BMI 18.5–25 kg/m2), patients with physicians graduating from medical school >15 years prior, and smaller hospital size (<200 beds). IBC patients survived longer if they received guideline-concordant treatment based on either 2003 (p=0.06) or 2013 (p=0.06) NCCN guidelines.
Conclusions
Targeting factors associated with receipt of care that is not guideline-concordant may reduce survival disparities in IBC patients. Prompt referral for neoadjuvant chemotherapy and postoperative radiation therapy is also crucial.
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Pubmed ID:26605428
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4738104
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