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Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income.

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Ursem, CJ; Bosworth, HB; Shelby, RA; Hwang, W; Anderson, RT; Kimmick, GG
Published in: J Womens Health (Larchmt)
May 2015

There are wide disparities in breast cancer-specific survival by patient sociodemographic characteristics. Women of lower income, for instance, have higher relapse and death rates from breast cancer. One possible contributing factor for this disparity is low use of adjuvant endocrine therapy-an extremely efficacious therapy in women with early stage, hormone receptor positive breast cancer, the most common subtype of breast cancer. Alone, adjuvant endocrine therapy decreases breast cancer recurrence by 50% and death by 30%. Data suggest that low use of adjuvant endocrine therapy is a potentially important and modifiable risk factor for poor outcome in low-income breast cancer patients.

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J Womens Health (Larchmt)

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EISSN

1931-843X

Publication Date

May 2015

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

403 / 408

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tamoxifen
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Public Health
  • Poverty
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Medication Adherence
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
 

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Ursem, C. J., Bosworth, H. B., Shelby, R. A., Hwang, W., Anderson, R. T., & Kimmick, G. G. (2015). Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income. J Womens Health (Larchmt), 24(5), 403–408. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2014.4982
Ursem, Carling J., Hayden B. Bosworth, Rebecca A. Shelby, Wenke Hwang, Roger T. Anderson, and Gretchen G. Kimmick. “Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income.J Womens Health (Larchmt) 24, no. 5 (May 2015): 403–8. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2014.4982.
Ursem CJ, Bosworth HB, Shelby RA, Hwang W, Anderson RT, Kimmick GG. Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 May;24(5):403–8.
Ursem, Carling J., et al. “Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income.J Womens Health (Larchmt), vol. 24, no. 5, May 2015, pp. 403–08. Pubmed, doi:10.1089/jwh.2014.4982.
Ursem CJ, Bosworth HB, Shelby RA, Hwang W, Anderson RT, Kimmick GG. Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: importance in women with low income. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 May;24(5):403–408.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Womens Health (Larchmt)

DOI

EISSN

1931-843X

Publication Date

May 2015

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

403 / 408

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tamoxifen
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Public Health
  • Poverty
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Medication Adherence
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant