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. 2019 Sep 26;5:32. doi: 10.1038/s41523-019-0129-3

Table 1.

Patient demographic and clinicopathological characteristics among non-Hispanic White (NHW) and non-Hispanic Black (NHB) women diagnosed with breast cancer in Georgia (2010–2014) and eligible to receive an Oncotype DX (ODX) recurrence scorea

Patient characteristics NHW NHB
Oncotype DX score received Oncotype DX score received
Yes No Yes No
N % N % N % N %
Overall 4418 48 4818 52 1332 47 1513 53
ODX RS Group
1 2580 58 686 52
2 1469 33 456 34
3 369 8.4 190 14
Stage
1 3258 35 3177 34 932 33 824 29
2 1146 12 1495 16 394 14 612 22
3 14 0.2 146 1.6 6 0.2 77 2.7
Grade
1 1467 16 1786 20 341 12 395 14
2 2218 25 2007 22 682 25 596 22
3+ 671 7.4 872 9.7 289 10 466 17
Missing 62 153 20 56
Lymph Nodes
Negative 3982 43 3891 42 1199 42 1187 42
1–3+ 436 4.7 927 10 133 4.7 326 11
Chemotherapy
Yes 867 9.5 1235 14 356 13 600 22
No 3468 38 3521 38 948 34 877 32
Missing 83 62 28 36
Age
<40 124 1.3 85 0.9 68 2.4 69 2.4
40–49 708 7.8 405 4.4 245 8.6 201 7.1
50–65 2220 24 1748 19 678 24 657 23
>65 1366 15 2580 28 341 12 586 21
Year of Dx
2010 722 7.8 950 10 201 7.1 276 9.7
2011 895 9.7 972 11 222 7.8 274 9.6
2012 923 10 984 11 273 9.6 299 11
2013 948 10 933 10 307 11 352 12
2014 930 10 979 11 329 12 312 11
Insurance status
Uninsured 44 0.5 43 0.5 24 0.8 39 1.4
Private 2658 29 1960 21 729 26 667 23
Medicaid 164 1.8 195 2.1 158 5.6 173 6.1
Medicare 1407 15 2482 27 358 13 578 20
Military 90 1.0 82 0.9 40 1.4 39 1.4
Unknown 55 0.6 56 0.6 23 0.8 17 0.6
SES
0%– < 5% poverty 779 8.4 745 8.1 68 2.4 66 2.3
5%– < 10% poverty 1048 11 1018 11 177 6.2 167 5.9
10%– < 20% poverty 1506 16 1706 19 442 16 533 19
20–100% poverty 1085 12 1349 15 645 23 747 26
Urban/Rural
Urban 3409 37 3609 39 1171 41 1300 46
Rural 1009 11 1209 13 161 5.7 213 7.5

aPercentages shown by receipt of ODX testing and characteristic within race group