Survival from breast cancers managed by surgeons participating in the National Breast Cancer Audit of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Abstract

These survivals are credible both overall and by clinical risk factor. Opportunities present to use these data for survival monitoring and to investigate survival by socio-demographic characteristic, treatment protocol, case volume and provider characteristics.

Factors Predictive of Treatment by Australian Breast Surgeons of Invasive Female Breast Cancer by Mastectomy rather than Breast Conserving Surgery

“…Approximately 95 (Roder et al, 2010). The National Breast Cancer Audit did not include residential postcode in its minimum data set throughout the study period.…”

“…The National Breast Cancer Audit did not include residential postcode in its minimum data set throughout the study period. In this study we analysed data for 30,299 early invasive breast cancers diagnosed in Australian women and treated by mastectomy or complete local excision where residential postcode was recorded (Roder et al, 2010).…”

“…In this study we investigate mastectomy rates among women treated by Australian breast surgeons participating in the National Breast Cancer Audit (Roder et al, 2010). Although early breast cancers treated by these surgeons were not selected to be representative of all early breast cancers in Australia, they comprise the majority and appear to be broadly representative in that their survivals are similar (Roder et al, 2010).…”

“…Although early breast cancers treated by these surgeons were not selected to be representative of all early breast cancers in Australia, they comprise the majority and appear to be broadly representative in that their survivals are similar (Roder et al, 2010). Furthermore differences in survival from these cancers by conventional risk factors, such as tumour size, grade, nodal status and oestrogen receptor status, accord with differences observed in population-based studies, indicating that these data may be a credible basis for population-wide inferences (Roder et al, 2010).…”

Adherence to Recommended Treatments for Early Invasive Breast Cancer: Decisions of Women Attending Surgeons in the Breast Cancer Audit of Australia and New Zealand

“…Although breast cancers included in the Audit are not selected to be representative of all early breast cancers, their characteristics appear similar. The Audit database has shown, for example, similar survivals to those for early breast cancers recorded at a population level in New South Wales and the USA [Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data] (Roder et al, 2010(Roder et al, : 2011. In addition, differences in survival by conventional risk factors, such as tumour size, grade, nodal status and oestrogen receptor status, have accorded with differences expected from population-based data, which has added credibility to the Audit database (Roder et al, 2010).…”