2012
Time to diagnosis and breast cancer stage by race/ethnicity
Warner ET, Tamimi RM, Hughes ME, Ottesen RA, Wong YN, Edge SB, Theriault RL, Blayney DW, Niland JC, Winer EP, Weeks JC, Partridge AH. Time to diagnosis and breast cancer stage by race/ethnicity. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2012, 136: 813-821. PMID: 23099438, PMCID: PMC3513497, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2304-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRace/ethnicityLate-stage tumorsBreast cancerMedian timeNon-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander womenStage III/IV breast cancerAbnormal mammogramsNational Comprehensive Cancer Network centersAsian/Pacific Islander womenBreast cancer stageNon-Hispanic blacksPacific Islander womenNon-Hispanic whitesBreast cancer diagnosisAJCC criteriaHigher proportionSymptomatic womenCancer stageStage IStage IIIInitial signsThe Effect of Age on Delay in Diagnosis and Stage of Breast Cancer
Partridge AH, Hughes ME, Ottesen RA, Wong Y, Edge SB, Theriault RL, Blayney DW, Niland JC, Winer EP, Weeks JC, Tamimi RM. The Effect of Age on Delay in Diagnosis and Stage of Breast Cancer. The Oncologist 2012, 17: 775-782. PMID: 22554997, PMCID: PMC3380876, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher stage diseaseBreast cancerYoung womenStage diseaseNational Comprehensive Cancer Network centersInitial signsYounger ageHigher stageBreast cancer diagnosisAdvanced diseaseEffect of ageIndependent predictorsSymptomatic diseaseStage ICancerDiagnosisDiseaseSymptomsCancer diagnosisWomenOlder counterpartsAgeSimilar adjustmentSignsDays
2009
Presentation of breast cancer in young women
Ruddy K, Gelber S, Tamimi R, Schapira L, Come S, Kereakoglow S, Lin N, Winer E, Partridge A. Presentation of breast cancer in young women. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 6608-6608. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.6608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSigns/symptomsMedical attentionBreast cancerYoung womenDiagnostic delayMedian timeExact testInitial signsProspective multicenter cohort studyInitial signs/symptomsLarge modern cohortPotential diagnostic delayMulticenter cohort studyClinical breast examBreast Self-ExamPredictors of delayFisher's exact testCohort studyModern cohortMedian agePatient factorsPoor outcomePrognostic implicationsSystemic symptomsBreast exam