Disparities in timely treatment among young women with breast cancer

Although evidence suggests worse breast cancer-specific survival associated with treatment delay beyond 90 days, little is known regarding the sociodemographic predictors of delays in cancer-directed surgery among young women with breast cancer. This is particularly notable, given that 5–10% of new...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery 2022-08, Vol.224 (2), p.811-815
Main Authors: Jain, Urvish, Jain, Bhav, Fayanju, Oluwadamilola M., Chino, Fumiko, Dee, Edward Christopher
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescents and young adults with cancer
Age
Aged
AYA
Black or African American
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
breast surgery
cancer disparities
Cancer therapies
Chemotherapy
Delay
Educational attainment
Female
Health care access
Health disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Medical prognosis
Metastases
Metastasis
Mortality
Patients
Racial differences
racial disparities
Radiation therapy
Rural areas
rural health disparities
Sociodemographics
Surgery
Time-to-Treatment
treatment delay
White People
Womens health
Young adults
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Summary:Although evidence suggests worse breast cancer-specific survival associated with treatment delay beyond 90 days, little is known regarding the sociodemographic predictors of delays in cancer-directed surgery among young women with breast cancer. This is particularly notable, given that 5–10% of new diagnoses occur in younger women aged
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.01.019