BACKGROUND: Incidence and mortality of breast cancer vary according to demographic
factors such as age, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and geographic region. This …

PURPOSE: Socioeconomic status appears to be an important independent barrier to breast
cancer care, irrespective of insurance inequalities. Receiving radiation therapy (RT) reduces …

BACKGROUND: In prior studies, the use of standard breast cancer treatments has varied by
race, but previous analyses were not nationally representative. Therefore, in a …

BACKGROUND: Definitive local therapy of early stage breast cancer includes adjuvant
radiotherapy after breast‐conserving surgery (BCS). The authors analyzed factors that …

Introduction Many eligible women with invasive breast cancer do not receive recommended
adjuvant radiation (RT), despite its role in local control and overall survival. We examined …

Objectives Clinical guidelines recommend that when breast-conserving surgery is provided
as primary therapy for early-stage breast cancer, radiation therapy should follow. We do not …

Background Adjuvant radiotherapy following breast conservation surgery (BCS) is
considered to be an indicator of quality of care for the majority of women with breast cancer …

While large differences by race/ethnicity in breast cancer survival are well established, it is
unknown whether differences in quality of chemotherapy delivered explain the racial/ethnic …

Purpose Underuse of adjuvant therapy is a potentially important and remediable
explanation for the inferior survival of minority women with breast cancer. We sought to …

Objectives: Significant effort has been expended over the past decade to reduce racial
disparities in breast cancer care. Whether disparities in receipt of appropriate radiotherapy …