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Impact of some factors on the survival rate of breast cancer patients in the state of Texas
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Discipline Track
Clinical Science
Abstract Type
Research/Clinical
Abstract
Background: Center of Disease Control (CDC) reports, breast cancer (BrCa) to be the most common cancer among women in the United States across all races and/or ethnicity groups, afterskin cancer. In this study, we investigate the main factors such as, insurance, treatment, poverty, gender, age, stage, and grade of the cancer that affect survival rates of BrCa patients in the State of Texas with respect to race group.
Methods: Texas Cancer Registry (TCR), Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch and Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, data has been used. The survival time of breast cancer patients is studied from diagnosis time to a specified time (1995 to 2015). Statistical tests, log-rank, KaplanMeier survival function estimation, and Cox proportional hazards regressions are used to assess survival rates.
Results:Our results indicate that a racial disparity is evident in the survival of BrCa patients in Texas. Compared to the Whites, Blacks have the shortest length of survival with a hazard ratio of 1.33 (p-value
Conclusions: This paper provides a succinct overview of the breast cancer disease and factors associated to the survival time of the patients in the state of Texas. Race disparity on breast cancer survival time is quite noticeable and so is the stage factor of the cancer disease.
Academic/Professional Position
Faculty
Academic/Professional Position (Other)
PhD
Recommended Citation
Fofana, Demba; Fofana, Sidketa; and Tripathi, Manish, "Impact of some factors on the survival rate of breast cancer patients in the state of Texas" (2023). Research Symposium. 56.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/somrs/theme1/track1/56
Impact of some factors on the survival rate of breast cancer patients in the state of Texas
Background: Center of Disease Control (CDC) reports, breast cancer (BrCa) to be the most common cancer among women in the United States across all races and/or ethnicity groups, afterskin cancer. In this study, we investigate the main factors such as, insurance, treatment, poverty, gender, age, stage, and grade of the cancer that affect survival rates of BrCa patients in the State of Texas with respect to race group.
Methods: Texas Cancer Registry (TCR), Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch and Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, data has been used. The survival time of breast cancer patients is studied from diagnosis time to a specified time (1995 to 2015). Statistical tests, log-rank, KaplanMeier survival function estimation, and Cox proportional hazards regressions are used to assess survival rates.
Results:Our results indicate that a racial disparity is evident in the survival of BrCa patients in Texas. Compared to the Whites, Blacks have the shortest length of survival with a hazard ratio of 1.33 (p-value
Conclusions: This paper provides a succinct overview of the breast cancer disease and factors associated to the survival time of the patients in the state of Texas. Race disparity on breast cancer survival time is quite noticeable and so is the stage factor of the cancer disease.