TABLE II.
Baseline Characteristics of Premenopausal Patients Diagnosed With Stages I–III ER+ and/or PR+ Breast Cancer Between 2007 and 2012, Advised to Take Adjuvant Tamoxifen (n =515)
| Demographics for patients in the post-oncofertility program cohort from 2007 to 2012
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No. of patients | % of total cohort |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | ||
| <37 | 127 | 24.7 |
| >37 | 388 | 75.3 |
| Median age | ||
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 363 | 70.5 |
| Black | 63 | 12.2 |
| Hispanic | 39 | 7.6 |
| Asian | 38 | 7.4 |
| Other | 10 | 1.9 |
| Missing | 2 | 0.4 |
| Marital status | ||
| Unmarried | 182 | 35.3 |
| Married, partnered, domestic partner | 333 | 64.7 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 |
| Smoking status | ||
| Current smoker | 38 | 7.4 |
| Never smoker | 365 | 70.9 |
| Former smoker | 108 | 21.0 |
| Missing | 4 | 0.8 |
| Alcohol use | ||
| None or <1 drink per week | 242 | 47.0 |
| 1–4 drinks per week | 188 | 36.5 |
| 5–9 drinks per week | 59 | 11.5 |
| 10–19 drinks per week | 16 | 3.1 |
| >19 drinks per week | 4 | 0.8 |
| Missing | 6 | 1.2 |
| Parity | ||
| Nulliparous | 196 | 38.1 |
| Parity >1 | 312 | 60.6 |
| Missing | 7 | 1.4 |
| Insurance status | ||
| Private insurance | 445 | 86.4 |
| Public insurance/uninsured | 70 | 13.6 |
| Fertility concerns | ||
| Desires future fertility at diagnosis | 112 | 21.7 |
| Does not express fertility concerns at diagnosis | 403 | 78.3 |
| Surgery | ||
| Mastectomy | 272 | 52.8 |
| Lumpectomy | 240 | 46.6 |
| Axillary dissection only | 1 | 0.2 |
| No surgery | 2 | 0.4 |
| Chemotherapy (among patients w/stage >1) | ||
| No | 121 | 29.1 |
| Yes | 295 | 70.9 |
| Radiation | ||
| Patient declined | 36 | 7.0 |
| Yes | 355 | 68.9 |
| XRT not indicated | 124 | 24.1 |
| Stage | ||
| 0 | 99 | 19.2 |
| I | 156 | 30.3 |
| II | 183 | 35.5 |
| III | 77 | 15.0 |