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Does socioeconomic status and race impact all-cause mortality in women treated for breast cancer?
Does socioeconomic status and race impact all-cause mortality in women treated for breast cancer?
Socioeconomic deprivation is the primary driver of breast cancer survival disparities in Metropolitan Detroit, highlighting the need for interventions targeting environmental determinants of health.
May support neighborhood disadvantage interventions in breast cancer care; challenges consensus on race and aggressive subtypes as primary survival drivers.
Breast cancer survival disparities in Metropolitan Detroit are driven predominantly by socioeconomic deprivation as measured by ADI. Although Black women presented at younger ages and with more aggressive subtypes, neighborhood level disadvantage accounted for the largest impact on survival. These findings highlight the need for interventions targeting socioeconomic and environmental determinants of health to reduce racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes.
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