The Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Does Insurance Status Matter?

Clinically speaking, the metastatic potential and five-year survival rates are higher with TNBC and tend to be more prevalent in the black population.1 Aside from the aggressive nature of TNBC, there are several socioeconomic factors that may play a role in survival difference. All TNBC patient char...

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Published in:The American surgeon 2018-07, Vol.84 (7), p.259-261
Main Authors: Hadadi, Agreen, Dale, Paul, Fancher, Crystal, Lian, Brad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Diagnosis
Documentation
Ethnicity
Health care access
Health care policy
Health insurance
Insurance
Mammography
Mastectomy
Medical diagnosis
Medical screening
Patients
Personal health
Physicians
Primary care
Radiation therapy
Social factors
Socioeconomic data
Socioeconomic factors
Studies
Surgery
Survival
Uninsured people
Womens health
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Summary:Clinically speaking, the metastatic potential and five-year survival rates are higher with TNBC and tend to be more prevalent in the black population.1 Aside from the aggressive nature of TNBC, there are several socioeconomic factors that may play a role in survival difference. All TNBC patient charts were reviewed and analyzed for insurance status at the time of diagnosis, method of diagnosis, stage at diagnosis, and treatment course. Uninsured patients may have limited access to mammography center or primary-care physicians who are performing their annual breast examination.2 It is possible that uninsured women did not address their personal health for reasons beside the lack of insurance/cost.
ISSN:0003-1348
1555-9823
DOI:10.1177/000313481808400719