2017
Association of LN Evaluation with Survival in Women Aged 70 Years or Older With Clinically Node-Negative Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Chagpar AB, Hatzis C, Pusztai L, DiGiovanna MP, Moran M, Mougalian S, Sanft T, Evans S, Hofstatter E, Wilson LD, Lannin DR. Association of LN Evaluation with Survival in Women Aged 70 Years or Older With Clinically Node-Negative Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2017, 24: 3073-3081. PMID: 28766195, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-017-5936-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer-specific survivalLN evaluationPositive breast cancerOverall survivalBreast cancerHormone receptor-positive breast cancerWomen Aged 70 YearsReceptor-positive breast cancerLymph node evaluationCancer-specific survivalLower hazard rateLN surgeryBetter OSPatient ageSEER databasePatient selectionTumor characteristicsSEER dataPatientsNode evaluationHormone receptorsCancerSurvivalTreatment variablesNCDB
1998
Influence of Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors on Racial Differences in Late-Stage Presentation of Breast Cancer
Lannin D, Mathews H, Mitchell J, Swanson M, Swanson F, Edwards M. Influence of Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors on Racial Differences in Late-Stage Presentation of Breast Cancer. JAMA 1998, 279: 1801-1807. PMID: 9628711, DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.22.1801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer stageBreast cancerCancer stageRacial differencesMajor health care facilitiesMultivariate logistic regression modelAfrican AmericansBreast cancer mortalityTNM stage IIICase-control studySignificant predictorsUniversity Medical CenterSocioeconomic factorsHealth care facilitiesArea of residenceLogistic regression modelsAfrican American womenSocioeconomic variablesControl womenBreast surgeryCancer mortalityPrivate health insuranceMedical CenterEffective treatmentStage III