Rural breast cancer treatment: Evidence from the Reaching Communities for Cancer Care (REACH) project
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, ISSN: 0167-6806, Vol: 56, Issue: 1, Page: 59-66
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Shorter Time to Treatment Is Associated With Improved Survival in Rural Patients With Breast Cancer Despite Other Adverse Socioeconomic Factors
Minh-Tri Nguyen, MD, and colleagues investigate the association between time to treatment, socioeconomic status, and clinical outcomes among rural and urban patients with breast cancer.
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Background. Research shows that rural populations are more likely than their urban counterparts to be diagnosed with late-stage cancer, but less is known about appropriateness of cancer treatment in rural locations after diagnosis. The objective of this analysis was to assess the degree to which rural breast cancer treatment was received in concordance with national recommendations. Methods. Data came from 251 stage I and II breast cancer patients residing in rural North Carolina. State-of-the-art care was defined using the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) physician data query (PDQ) database, and cases were categorized into appropriate primary and/or adjuvant treatment. Chi-square and Fishers' exact tests were used to assess changes in appropriate treatment over time (1991-1996) and between stage. Multiple logistic regression was used to determine whether any patient or disease characteristics were associated with receipt of appropriate treatment. Results. Most (81-90%) of the breast cancer cases received the appropriate primary therapy (mastectomy or lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy); of these, the majority received a mastectomy (66-72%). Fewer women received adjuvant therapy as recommended (27-61%), although significantly more stage II than stage I cases did so (p ≤ 0.05). Regression showed that stage and estrogen-receptor (ER) status were associated with appropriate therapy. Conclusions. The findings suggest that there exist deviations from NCI established treatment recommendations among rural breast cancer patients. More research is needed to develop better methods for dissemination of state-of-the-art cancer information to rural physicians and patients, and to understand how treatment decisions are made.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0032831442&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1006279117650; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10517343; http://link.springer.com/10.1023/A:1006279117650; http://www.springerlink.com/index/pdf/10.1023/A:1006279117650; http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1006279117650; https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1006279117650; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1006279117650; http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1023/A:1006279117650
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