10-Year Survival after Breast-Conserving Surgery Compared with Mastectomy in Louisiana Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Study

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2021

Publication Title

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Abstract

Background: Louisiana has the third highest breast cancer mortality in the US, despite ranking 30th in incidence. Whether surgical approach contributes to such a poor outcome is unknown. We compared outcomes of breast-conserving surgery plus radiation (BCT) vs mastectomy (MST) for Louisiana women with early-stage breast cancer. Study design: Data on women diagnosed with Stage I–II breast cancer from 2004 to 2016 were analyzed from the Louisiana Tumor Registry. Overall survival (OS) and breast cancer-specific survival (CSS) were compared between BCT and MST. Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test were used to compare survival curves, and logistic regression was used to examine the association of sociodemographic and clinical factors with the type of breast cancer surgery. Values of p < 0.05 were considered significant. Results: Of the 18,260 patients, 9,968 patients (54.6%) had BCT and 8,292 patients (45.4%) had MST. Compared with BCT, the MST group tended to be underinsured/Medicare/Medicaid, more impoverished, had higher stage 2 disease, were more likely to reside in rural regions, travel ≥25 miles to radiation treatment facility, be treated at low volume centers, and have T3, node positive, and poorly differentiated tumors. Ten-year OS and CSS were significantly better among those who had BCT (OS: 80.0%; 95% CI: 79.0%–81.1%; CSS: 92.7%; 95% CI: 92.1%–93.4%) than those having MST (OS: 69.3%; 95% CI: 68.0%–70.5%; CSS: 88.8%:95% CI: 87.9%–89.7%) (p < 0.05). Even after controlling for sociodemographic and clinical variables, MST was associated with a 28.6% increased risk of death from all causes (hazard ratio [HR]:1.286; 95% CI:1.197–1.380) and a 29.8% increased risk of breast-cancer specific death (HR:1.298; 95% CI: 1.150–1.465). Conclusions: Surgical approach, a factor that is within the control of the surgeon, has an impact on mortality for Louisiana women with early-stage breast cancer.

First Page

607

Last Page

621

PubMed ID

33301909

Volume

232

Issue

4

Publisher

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

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