1. Occupational type affects the receipt of breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy in China
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Zhengzhi Zhu, Qifeng Yang, Qiang Huo, and Shengying Wang
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Oncology ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Chemotherapy ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Medical record ,Cancer ,Retrospective cohort study ,Articles ,medicine.disease ,Breast cancer ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Family history ,business ,Lymph node - Abstract
Adjuvant chemotherapy has been demonstrated to improve the prognosis of patients with early-stage breast cancer; however, the high cost and side effects associated with this treatment may discourage patients from receiving it. The present study assessed the candidate factors that may influence decisions regarding postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in females with early-stage breast cancer. Patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer between January 2000 and December 2007 were enrolled in the study. Information about the patients, including socio-demographic factors, clinicopathological characteristics and receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy, was obtained from their medical records. Overall, 434 out of 1,296 (33.5%) patients with breast cancer decided against receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. Receipt of chemotherapy was significantly associated with the age of the patient at the time of diagnosis (P=0.029), occupational type (P=0.023), and lymph node status (P
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- 2015