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ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2017

Does Survival Vary for Breast Cancer Patients in the United States? A Study from Six Randomly Selected States.

Hafiz M R Khan, Lisaann S Gittner, Abhilash Perisetti, Anshul Saxena, Aamrin Rafiq, Kemesha Gabbidon, Sarah Mende, Maria Lyuksyutova

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Hafiz M R KhanDepartment of Public Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4324-7842
Lisaann S GittnerDepartment of Public Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Abhilash PerisettiDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4074-6395
Anshul SaxenaDepartment of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Aamrin RafiqDepartment of Computer Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Kemesha GabbidonDepartment of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Sarah MendeDepartment of Public Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Maria LyuksyutovaSchool of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.

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Abstract

backgroundBreast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Disparities in some characteristics of breast cancer patients and their survival data for six randomly selected states in the US were examined. MATERIALS AND

methodsA probability random sampling method was used to select the records of 2,000 patients from each of six randomly selected states. Demographic and disease characteristics were extracted from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database. To evaluate relationships between variables, we employed a Cox Proportional Regression to compare survival times in the different states.

resultsIowa had the highest mean age of diagnosis at 64.14 years (SE = 0.324) and Georgia had the lowest at 57.97 years (SE = 0.313). New Mexico had the longest mean survival time of 189.09 months (SE = 20.414) and Hawaii the shortest at 119.01 (SE = 5.394) months, a 70.08-month difference (5.84 years). Analysis of stage of diagnosis showed that the highest survival times for Whites and American Indians/Alaska Natives were for stage I cancers. The highest survival times for Blacks varied. Stage IV cancer consistently showed the lowest survival times.

conclusionsDifferences in breast cancer characteristics across states highlight the need to understand differences between the states that result in variances in breast cancer survival.

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Health Status DisparitiesAgedBreast NeoplasmsFemaleGeographyHumansIncidenceMiddle AgedSurvival RateUnited States

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PMID28814958
PMCPMC5549473

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