Mya L Roberson1,2, Hazel B Nichols3,4, Andrew F Olshan3,4, Stephanie B Wheeler4,5, Katherine E Reeder-Hayes5,6, Whitney R Robinson3,7. 1. Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2525 West End Ave, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA. Mya.L.Roberson@vumc.org. 2. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Mya.L.Roberson@vumc.org. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 4. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 5. Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 6. Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine trends in the surgical treatment of breast cancer by age, rurality, and among Black women in a populous, racially diverse, state in the Southeastern United States of America. METHODS: We identified women diagnosed with localized or regional breast cancer between 2003 and 2016 in the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry (n = 86,776). Using Joinpoint regression we evaluated the average annual percentage change in proportion of women treated with mastectomy versus breast-conserving surgery overall, by age group, among Black women, and for women residing in rural areas. RESULTS: Overall, the rate of mastectomy usage in the population declined 2.5% per year between 2003 and 2016 (95% CI - 3.2, - 1.7). Over this same time interval, breast-conserving surgery increased by 1.6% per year (95% CI 0.9, 2.2). These temporal trends in surgery were also observed among Black women and rural residing women. Trends in surgery type varied by age group: mastectomy declined over time among women > 50 years, but not among women aged 18-49 at diagnosis. DISCUSSION: In contrast to national studies that reported increasing use of mastectomy, we found declining mastectomy rates in the early 2000s in a Southern US state with a racially and geographically diverse population. These decreasing trends were consistent among key subgroups affected by cancer inequities, including Black and White rural women.
PURPOSE: To examine trends in the surgical treatment of breast cancer by age, rurality, and among Black women in a populous, racially diverse, state in the Southeastern United States of America. METHODS: We identified women diagnosed with localized or regional breast cancer between 2003 and 2016 in the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry (n = 86,776). Using Joinpoint regression we evaluated the average annual percentage change in proportion of women treated with mastectomy versus breast-conserving surgery overall, by age group, among Black women, and for women residing in rural areas. RESULTS: Overall, the rate of mastectomy usage in the population declined 2.5% per year between 2003 and 2016 (95% CI - 3.2, - 1.7). Over this same time interval, breast-conserving surgery increased by 1.6% per year (95% CI 0.9, 2.2). These temporal trends in surgery were also observed among Black women and rural residing women. Trends in surgery type varied by age group: mastectomy declined over time among women > 50 years, but not among women aged 18-49 at diagnosis. DISCUSSION: In contrast to national studies that reported increasing use of mastectomy, we found declining mastectomy rates in the early 2000s in a Southern US state with a racially and geographically diverse population. These decreasing trends were consistent among key subgroups affected by cancer inequities, including Black and White rural women.
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