Gender Differences in Recommended Treatment Decisions among Breast Cancer Patients: A Study Using the National Cancer Database

Shahi, Shamim; Meza, Jane L.; Tandra, Pavan K.; LeVan, Tricia D.; Bagenda, Danstan; Farazi, Paraskevi A.

doi:10.1016/j.clbc.2021.11.001

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“…Compared with White patients, Black patients were more likely to decline chemotherapy or surgery; Hispanic patients had a 20% lower likelihood of declining either treatment. Our results support previous findings, as Rapp et al 17 and Shahi et al 22 have reported that Black patients were twice as likely as White patients to decline surgery in early-stage BC cohorts. Studies also have Qualitative studies have indicated that older patients with metastatic cancer or advanced chronic conditions forgo clinician recommendations because of diagnosis denial and fear of treatment adverse effects.…”

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“…We found that 1 in 10 patients declined at least 1 type of recommended treatment, 1 in 10 patients declined chemotherapy, 5.0% to 6.0% of patients declined HT or radiotherapy, and less than 1.0% of patients declined surgery. These results are aligned with prior study observations in patients with BC using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) and early-year NCDB data . Fwelo et al and Gaitanidis et al further observed increasing trends in 2004 to 2013 and 2010 to 2017 SEER data.…”

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“…4,7,[19][20][21][22] Fwelo et al21 and Gaitanidis et al 10 further observed increasing trends in 2004 to 2013 and 2010 to 2017 SEER data. However, these studies10,21 assessed surgery only; whereas we found that rates ofJAMA Network Open | Oncology…”

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“…For BC, several analyses have reported similar sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with treatment declination in this patient population. 7,10,[18][19][20][21][22] However, these studies focused on either chemotherapy or surgery only or the associations of treatment decisions with mortality, and most of them did not evaluate the pattern and long-term trends associated with treatment declination among patients with BC. Although a few studies have assessed racial and ethnic disparities in declination of surgery or chemotherapy, they largely focused on Black and Hispanic patients, and, to a lesser extent, Asian patients, 10,18,19,21 and 2 analyses included only White women.…”

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“…Previous research in colorectal, ovarian, lung, or mixed cancer cohorts has found that older age, racial and ethnic minority background (eg, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander, or non-Hispanic Black), low socioeconomic status, and late-stage presentations are associated with declination of therapies. For BC, several analyses have reported similar sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with treatment declination in this patient population . However, these studies focused on either chemotherapy or surgery only or the associations of treatment decisions with mortality, and most of them did not evaluate the pattern and long-term trends associated with treatment declination among patients with BC.…”

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Declination of Treatment, Racial and Ethnic Disparity, and Overall Survival in US Patients With Breast Cancer

Freeman,

Li,

Fisher

et al. 2024

JAMA Netw Open

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ImportanceDeclining treatment negatively affects health outcomes among patients with cancer. Limited research has investigated national trends of and factors associated with treatment declination or its association with overall survival (OS) among patients with breast cancer.ObjectivesTo examine trends and racial and ethnic disparities in treatment declination and racial and ethnic OS differences stratified by treatment decision in US patients with breast cancer.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis retrospective cross-sectional study used data for patients with breast cancer from the 2004 to 2020 National Cancer Database. Four treatment modalities were assessed: chemotherapy, hormone therapy (HT), radiotherapy, and surgery. The chemotherapy cohort included patients with stage I to IV disease. The HT cohort included patients with stage I to IV hormone receptor–positive disease. The radiotherapy and surgery cohorts included patients with stage I to III disease. Data were analyzed from March to November 2023.ExposureRace and ethnicity and other sociodemographic and clinicopathologic characteristics.Main Outcomes and MeasuresTreatment decision, categorized as received or declined, was modeled using logistic regression. OS was modeled using Cox regression. Models were controlled for year of initial diagnosis, age, sex, health insurance, median household income, facility type, Charlson-Deyo comorbidity score, histology, American Joint Committee on Cancer stage, molecular subtype, and tumor grade.ResultsThe study included 2 837 446 patients (mean [SD] age, 61.6 [13.4] years; 99.1% female), with 1.7% American Indian, Alaska Native, or other patients; 3.5% Asian or Pacific Islander patients; 11.2% Black patients; 5.6% Hispanic patients; and 78.0% White patients. Of 1 296 488 patients who were offered chemotherapy, 124 721 (9.6%) declined; 99 276 of 1 635 916 patients (6.1%) declined radiotherapy; 94 363 of 1 893 339 patients (5.0%) declined HT; and 15 846 of 2 590 963 patients (0.6%) declined surgery. Compared with White patients, American Indian, Alaska Native, or other patients (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.47; 95% CI, 1.26-1.72), Asian or Pacific Islander patients (AOR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.15-1.44), and Black patients (AOR, 2.01; 95% CI, 1.89-2.14) were more likely to decline surgery; American Indian, Alaska Native, or other patients (AOR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.05-1.21) and Asian or Pacific Islander patients (AOR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.16-1.27) were more likely to decline chemotherapy; and Black patients were more likely to decline radiotherapy (AOR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.02-1.08). Asian or Pacific Islander patients (AOR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.77-0.85), Black patients (AOR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.83-0.89), and Hispanic patients (AOR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.63-0.69) were less likely to decline HT. Furthermore, Black patients who declined chemotherapy had a higher mortality risk than White patients (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR], 1.07; 95% CI, 1.02-1.13), while there were no OS differences between Black and White patients who declined HT (AHR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.97-1.13) or radiotherapy (AHR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.92-1.04).Conclusions and RelevanceThis cross-sectional study highlights racial and ethnic disparities in treatment declination and OS, suggesting the need for equity-focused interventions, such as patient education on treatment benefits and improved patient-clinician communication and shared decision-making, to reduce disparities and improve patient survival.

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Declination of Treatment, Racial and Ethnic Disparity, and Overall Survival in US Patients With Breast Cancer

Freeman,

Li,

Fisher

et al. 2024

JAMA Netw Open

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Refusal of treatment among HER2-positive breast cancer patients in China: a retrospective analysis

Wang,

Lian,

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThere is a need to update the understanding of treatment refusal among cancer patients in China, taking into account recent developments. This study investigated how public insurance coverage of the first breast cancer targeted therapy contributed to the changes in treatment refusal among HER2-positive breast cancer patients in China. And it intensively examined and discussed additional barriers affecting patient utilization of innovative anticancer medicines based on the types and reasons for treatment refusal.MethodsThis retrospective study included female breast cancer patients diagnosed as HER2-positive who received treatment at a provincial oncology center in southern China between 2014 and 2020. Multivariable analysis was conducted using a binary logistic regression model. Subgroup analysis was performed with the same regression model.ResultsAmong the 1,322 HER2-positive breast cancer patients who received treatment at the study hospital between 2014 and 2020, 327 (24.55%) had ever refused treatment. Economic reasons were reported as the primary cause by 142 patients (43.43%). Patients diagnosed after September 2017, when the first breast cancer targeted therapy was included in the public health insurance, were less likely to refuse treatment (OR = 0.64, 95% CI:0.45 ~ 0.91, p = 0.01) compared to those diagnosed before September 2017. Patients enrolled in the resident health insurance were more likely to refuse treatment (OR = 2.43, 95% CI:1.77 ~ 3.35, p < 0.001) than those enrolled in the employee health insurance.ConclusionThis study reveals a high rate of treatment refusal among HER2-positive breast cancer patients, primarily attributed to financial factors. The disparity in public health insurance benefits resulted in a heavier economic burden for patients with less comprehensive benefits. Furthermore, the study identified challenges faced by patients seeking quality-assured cancer care in underdeveloped regions in China. By addressing economic barriers, promoting accurate health information, and improving cancer care capacity across the country can reduce the rate of treatment refusal.

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Gender Differences in Recommended Treatment Decisions among Breast Cancer Patients: A Study Using the National Cancer Database

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Declination of Treatment, Racial and Ethnic Disparity, and Overall Survival in US Patients With Breast Cancer

Declination of Treatment, Racial and Ethnic Disparity, and Overall Survival in US Patients With Breast Cancer

Refusal of treatment among HER2-positive breast cancer patients in China: a retrospective analysis

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