Influence of birthplace on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment for Hispanic women
Kouri EM, He Y, Winer EP, Keating NL. Influence of birthplace on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment for Hispanic women. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2009, 121: 743-751. PMID: 19949856, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0643-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsCase-Control StudiesEarly DiagnosisEmigrants and ImmigrantsFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Status DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansLogistic ModelsMastectomy, SegmentalMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisRadiotherapy, AdjuvantResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsUnited StatesConceptsBreast cancerHispanic womenBreast cancer diagnosisRace/ethnicityPrimary therapyWhite womenStage I breast cancerNon-Hispanic white womenCancer diagnosisEarly-stage diseaseI breast cancerInvasive breast cancerAssociation of ethnicityForeign-born HispanicsInfluence of birthplaceTherapy differsTumor characteristicsSEER areasFirst diagnosisRates of stageAdjusted ratesMultinomial logistic regressionStage IAdvanced stageAppropriate interventionsRacial Differences in Definitive Breast Cancer Therapy in Older Women
Keating NL, Kouri E, He Y, Weeks JC, Winer EP. Racial Differences in Definitive Breast Cancer Therapy in Older Women. Medical Care 2009, 47: 765-773. PMID: 19536008, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e31819e1fe7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedBlack or African AmericanBreast NeoplasmsChi-Square DistributionFemaleHealth Services ResearchHealthcare DisparitiesHospitalsHumansLogistic ModelsMastectomyMedicareMultivariate AnalysisPractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality of Health CareSEER ProgramSensitivity and SpecificitySocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsHigh-volume hospitalsDefinitive primary therapyHigh-quality hospitalsBreast-conserving surgeryBreast cancer therapyBreast cancerPrimary therapyWhite womenRacial disparitiesStage I/II breast cancerBlack womenPrimary breast cancer therapyEarly-stage breast cancerLow-volume hospitalsBreast cancer patientsBreast cancer surgeryPatterns of careSEER-Medicare databaseCancer therapyPopulation-based sampleOlder Black womenDefinitive therapyVolume hospitalsCancer surgeryCancer patients