2023
Race, geography, and risk of breast cancer treatment delays: A population‐based study 2004–2015
Reeder‐Hayes K, Jackson B, Baggett C, Kuo T, Gaddy J, LeBlanc M, Bell E, Green L, Wheeler S. Race, geography, and risk of breast cancer treatment delays: A population‐based study 2004–2015. Cancer 2023, 129: 925-933. PMID: 36683417, PMCID: PMC11578059, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer treatment delaysTreatment delayMagnitude of racial disparitiesNon-Black patientsStage I-III breast cancerI-III breast cancerPoor-quality carePopulation health resourcesRisk of treatment delayBlack patientsBreast cancer survivalCancer treatment delayPopulation-based studyDiagnosis to first treatmentAssociated with riskBreast cancerCancer RegistryObservational cohort of patientsTreatment delay >Health resourcesPopulation-basedPoisson regressionCancer survivalSociodemographic dataRacial disparities
2022
Evaluation of facilitators and barriers of timely breast cancer care in North Carolina (NC): A qualitative study.
Gaddy J, Teal R, Bell E, Wheeler S, Reeder-Hayes K. Evaluation of facilitators and barriers of timely breast cancer care in North Carolina (NC): A qualitative study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 134-134. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.28_suppl.134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer care deliverySocial determinants of healthArea Health Education CenterDeterminants of healthBreast cancer careSocial determinantsCare deliveryCancer careBlack patientsHealthcare systemQuality of cancer careQualitative studyIdentification of emergent themesInitiation of breast cancer treatmentOverall quality of cancer careAdverse social determinantsPatients' social determinantsProvision of social support servicesBreast cancer cliniciansHealth Education CenterSupportive healthcare providersSocial support servicesNorth CarolinaTreatment delayNon-black women
2021
Racial differences in impact of geography on breast cancer treatment delay.
Reeder-Hayes K, Baggett C, Jackson B, Kuo T, Gaddy J, Bell E, Green L, Wheeler S. Racial differences in impact of geography on breast cancer treatment delay. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 81-81. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.39.28_suppl.81.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArea Health Education CenterBlack patientsRacial disparitiesBreast cancer treatment delaysLocal health system characteristicsBlack breast cancer patientsLikelihood of treatment delaysBlack womenTreatment delayNon-Black patientsStage I-III breast cancerRisk ratioHealth system factorsPoor quality careCancer registry dataI-III breast cancerPopulation health resourcesHealth Education CenterPatients receive careBlack patients receive careRisk of treatment delayPatient-level factorsModified Poisson regressionCancer treatment delaySignificant racial disparities