Breast cancer research and treatment
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Breast Cancer Res. Treat. · Feb 2019
YouTube English videos as a source of information on breast self-examination.
To examine the content, quality and reliability of YouTube videos related to breast self-examination. ⋯ Although there are many videos in English related to breast self-examination on YouTube, a great many of these contain misleading information. Therefore, for public information, there is a need for videos with full and accurate information to be made by universities, healthcare organisations and doctors not benefitting from the outcomes, to be uploaded to YouTube, which is a currently important source of information for the general population.
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Breast Cancer Res. Treat. · Feb 2019
Impact of pre-diagnosis depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life on treatment choice for ductal carcinoma in situ and stage I breast cancer in older women.
To examine whether pre-diagnosis patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and depressive symptoms are associated with local treatment for older women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and stage I breast cancer (BC). ⋯ Older women at risk for MDD before DCIS diagnosis were less likely to receive RT after BCS, compared to BCS alone or mastectomy.
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Breast Cancer Res. Treat. · Feb 2019
Racial disparities in breast cancer persist despite early detection: analysis of treatment of stage 1 breast cancer and effect of insurance status on disparities.
Prior research demonstrates racial disparities in breast cancer treatment. Disparities are commonly attributed to more advanced stage at presentation or aggressive tumor biology. We seek to evaluate if racial disparities persist in the treatment of stage 1 breast cancer patients who by definition are not delayed in presentation. ⋯ Despite selecting for early-stage breast cancer, racial disparities between White and Black women in time to all forms of breast cancer treatment persist. These disparities while likely not oncologically significant do suggest institutional barriers for obtaining care faced by women of color which may not be addressed with improving access to mammography alone.