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- Title
Increasing Trends in the Use of Breast-Conserving Surgery in California.
- Authors
Morris, Cyllene R.; Cohen, Richard; Schlag, Robert; Wright, William E.
- Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine temporal trends in breast-conserving surgery in California from 1988 through 1995. METHODS: Logistic regression was used to analyze data on 104,466 cases of early-stage breast cancer reported to the California Cancer Registry. RESULTS: A monotonically increasing trend in breast-conserving surgery was detected after adjustment for age, race/ethnicity, stage at diagnosis, and neighborhood education level. Breast-conserving surgery increased at similar rates among all racial/ethnic groups. Older age, Asian or Hispanic race/ethnicity, late-stage diagnosis, and residence in an undereducated neighborhood were factors associated with lower use of breast-conserving surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Although disparities are evident, use of breast-conserving surgery increased steadily in all groups examined in this study.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; LUMPECTOMY; BREAST surgery; LOGISTIC regression analysis; CANCER diagnosis
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2000, Vol 90, Issue 2, p281
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.90.2.281