Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Timely Adjuvant Therapy for Older Women with Breast Cancer: Are Delays Influenced by the Hospitals Where Patients Obtain Surgical Care?
Freedman RA, He Y, Winer EP, Keating NL. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Timely Adjuvant Therapy for Older Women with Breast Cancer: Are Delays Influenced by the Hospitals Where Patients Obtain Surgical Care? Health Services Research 2013, 48: 1669-1683. PMID: 23663229, PMCID: PMC3796107, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment delayBreast cancerTimely adjuvant therapyEnd Results (SEER) dataMultivariable logistic regressionEthnic differencesRace/ethnicityAdjuvant chemotherapyAdjuvant therapyMedicare claimsSurgical careHigher oddsOlder womenHispanic womenStage IHospitalLogistic regressionRacial disparitiesWomenPatientsBlack womenCancerCareResult dataImportant contributorAttitudes of patients with metastatic breast cancer toward research biopsies
Seah DS, Scott SM, Najita J, Openshaw T, Krag K, Frank E, Sohl J, Stadler ZK, Garrett M, Silverman SG, Peppercorn J, Winer EP, Come SE, Lin NU. Attitudes of patients with metastatic breast cancer toward research biopsies. Annals Of Oncology 2013, 24: 1853-1859. PMID: 23493137, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt067.Peer-Reviewed Original Research