Clinical Study
British Journal of Cancer (2005) 92, 631–633. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602390 www.bjcancer.com
Published online 8 February 2005
Does deprivation affect breast cancer management?
N C Henley1, D J Hole2, E Kesson3, H J G Burns3, W D George4 and T G Cooke1
- 1University Department of Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK
- 2West of Scotland Cancer Surveillance Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
- 3Greater Glasgow National Health Service Board, 350 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G3 8YZ, UK
- 4University Department of Surgery, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK
Correspondence: Dr NC Henley, E-mail: nhenley@doctors.org.uk
Received 24 September 2004; Revised 8 December 2004; Accepted 8 December 2004; Published online 8 February 2005.
Abstract
We evaluated whether social deprivation affected decision-making for breast cancer surgery. Of 3419 patients, 53.6% had mastectomy and this was predicted by deprivation, age, tumour size and hospital, all of which retained significance on multivariate analysis, except deprivation. Pathological characteristics and surgical decision-making determined choice of operation not deprivation.
Keywords:
social deprivation, breast carcinoma, surgical decision-making
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