Socioeconomic and racial disparities in the selection of chest wall boost radiation therapy in Californian women after mastectomy
C Hess, A Lee, K Fish, M Daly, RD Cress… - Clinical breast cancer, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Healthcare disparities in breast cancer treatment have been well documented.
We investigated the socioeconomic status (SES) and racial factors in women with locally
advanced breast cancer from the California Cancer Registry who had received
postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) with or without a chest wall boost (CWB). Patients
and Methods The records of 4747 women with invasive breast cancer, diagnosed from 2005
to 2009, who had undergone PMRT, were reviewed and stratified by treatment with (n= 2686 …
We investigated the socioeconomic status (SES) and racial factors in women with locally
advanced breast cancer from the California Cancer Registry who had received
postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) with or without a chest wall boost (CWB). Patients
and Methods The records of 4747 women with invasive breast cancer, diagnosed from 2005
to 2009, who had undergone PMRT, were reviewed and stratified by treatment with (n= 2686 …