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Racial Differences in Breast Cancer

Does race affect treatment and outcomes?

Publish date:: August 11, 2015

Among patients hospitalized for breast cancer, there were racial differences observed in treatment and outcomes, according to a study of 71,156 women hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of breast cancer. Researchers found that black women were more likely than white women to:

• Receive breast conserving surgery, but less likely to receive mastectomies.

• Experience significantly longer hospital stays (β, 0.31), post-surgical complications (odds ratio, 1.21), and in-hospital mortality (odds ratio, 1.26).

Citation: Akinyemiju TF, Vin-Raviv N, Chavez-Yenter D, Zhao X, Budhwani H. Race/ethnicity and socio-economic differences in breast cancer surgery outcomes. [Published online ahead of print July 28, 2015]. Cancer Epidemiol. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.07.010.

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