TABLE I.
Baseline Characteristics of Premenopausal Patients Diagnosed With Stages I–III ER+ and/or PR+ Breast Cancer Between 2004 and 2006, Advised to Take Adjuvant Tamoxifen (n =278)
| Demographics for patients in the pre-oncofertility program cohort from 2004 to 2006
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No. of patients | % of total cohort |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | ||
| <37 | 70 | 25.2 |
| >37 | 208 | 74.8 |
| Median age | 41 | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 201 | 72.3 |
| Black | 30 | 10.8 |
| Hispanic | 24 | 8.6 |
| Asian | 11 | 4.0 |
| Other | 4 | 1.4 |
| Missing | 8 | 2.9 |
| Marital status | ||
| Unmarried | 86 | 30.9 |
| Married, partnered, domestic partner | 191 | 68.7 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.4 |
| Smoking status | ||
| Current smoker | 22 | 7.9 |
| Never smoker | 209 | 75.2 |
| Former smoker | 44 | 15.8 |
| Missing | 3 | 1.1 |
| Alcohol use | ||
| None or <1 drink per week | 130 | 46.8 |
| 1–4 drinks per week | 101 | 36.3 |
| 5–9 drinks per week | 34 | 12.2 |
| 10–19 drinks per week | 7 | 2.5 |
| >19 drinks per week | 2 | 0.7 |
| Missing | 4 | 1.4 |
| Parity | ||
| Nulliparous | 94 | 33.8 |
| Parity >1 | 175 | 62.9 |
| Missing | 9 | 3.2 |
| Insurance status | ||
| Private insurance | 232 | 83.5 |
| Public insurance/uninsured | 46 | 16.5 |
| Fertility concerns | ||
| Desires future fertility at diagnosis | 37 | 13.3 |
| Does not express fertility concerns at diagnosis | 241 | 86.7 |
| Surgery | ||
| Mastectomy | 122 | 43.9 |
| Lumpectomy | 155 | 55.8 |
| Axillary dissection only | 1 | 0.3 |
| Chemotherapy (among patients with stage >1) | ||
| No | 52 | 21.6. |
| Yes | 188 | 78.0 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.4 |
| Radiation | ||
| Patient declined | 12 | 4.3 |
| Yes | 194 | 69.8 |
| XRT not indicated | 70 | 25.2 |
| Missing | 2 | 0.7 |
| Stage | ||
| 0 | 37 | 13.3 |
| I | 96 | 34.5 |
| II | 102 | 36.7 |
| III | 43 | 15.5 |