Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Receipt of Standard Breast Cancer Treatment by African American and White Women. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2008 5 181 International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 2008 5 4 181-188 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research Paper Receipt of Standard Breast Cancer Treatment by African American and White Women Julie Worthington1 John W. Waterbor2 Ellen Funkhouser3 Carla Falkson4 Stacey Cofield5 and Mona Fouad3 1. Division of Gastroenterology Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH USA. 2. Department of Epidemiology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA. 3. Division of Preventive Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA. 4. Division of Hematology Oncology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA. 5. Department of Biostatistics University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA. Correspondence to Julie Worthington PhD Division of Gastroenterology Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Research Building Room 423 10900 Euclid Avenue Cleveland OH 44106-4952. Phone 216 368-6937 Fax 216 368-1674 E-mail Received Accepted Published Objectives Breast cancer mortality is higher among African Americans than for Whites though their breast cancer incidence is lower. This study examines whether this disparity may be due to differential receipt of treatment defined as standard of care or addition to standard of care by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network NCCN . Design Incident female breast cancer cases 2 203 African American and 7 518 White diagnosed during 1996-2002 were identified from the Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry. Breast cancer treatment was characterized as whether or not a woman received standard of care as defined by the NCCN. For cases characterized as receiving standard of care addition to standard of care was also evaluated defined as receiving at least one additional treatment modality according to NCCN guidelines. Logistic models were used to evaluate racial differences in .
