Breast Cancer

Findings from H.M. Verkooijen and co-authors broaden understanding of breast cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 8th, 2009

According to a study from Geneva, Switzerland, "This study aims to investigate whether increased awareness of breast cancer, due to a positive family history (FH), reduces diagnostic, therapeutic, and survival differences between women of low versus high socio-economic status (SES). All breast cancer patients registered between 1990 and 2005 at the population-based Geneva Cancer Registry were included."

"With multivariate logistic and Cox regression analysis, we estimated the impact of SES and FH on method of detection, treatment, and mortality from breast cancer. SES discrepancies in method of detection and suboptimal treatment, as seen among women without a FH,...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-12-08)

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