Cancer care disparities among rural populations are increasingly documented and may be
worsening, likely because of the impact of rurality on access to state-of-the-art cancer …

Background There is extensive interest in understanding how neighborhood socioeconomic
status (nSES) may affect cancer incidence or survival. However, variability regarding items …

Importance To our knowledge, there is no consensus regarding differences in treatment and
mortality between non-Hispanic African American and non-Hispanic White women with triple …

Objectives: Review the epidemiology of ductal carcinoma in situ. Summarize the evaluation
of ductal carcinoma in situ. Identify the management options available for ductal carcinoma …

Studies have shown time after time that where people live can affect what diseases they get,
how they die, and when they die (1–6). In 2017, about 15% of the US population, about 46 …

Background The cancer stage at diagnosis, treatment delays, and breast cancer mortality
vary with insurance status. Methods Using the Missouri Cancer Registry, this analysis …

Importance Though adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) has proven efficacy in treating
hormone receptor–positive (HR-positive) breast cancer, patient adherence to AET and …

Purpose Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with advanced stage, lower-quality
care, and higher mortality among breast cancer patients. The purpose of this study is to …

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is an intraepithelial breast neoplasm accounting for up to
25% of US breast cancers. 1, 2 Treatment for this nonlethal diagnosis remains controversial …

Area of residence influences clinical outcomes due to its impact on access to and quality of
care. For breast cancer patients, place of residence influences screening, stage, treatment …