Table 1.
Characteristic (N = 52) | Frequency | |
---|---|---|
Age at diagnosis (years), median (IQR) | 54.5 (43, 65.5) | |
Current age, median (IQR) | 59 (47, 71.5) | |
Race | Caucasian | 71% |
African American | 27% | |
Other | 2% | |
Ethnicity | Hispanic | 2% |
Non-Hispanic | 98% | |
Education | Less than high school | 4% |
High school/GED | 17% | |
Vocational and Associates | 21% | |
Undergraduate degree BA/BS | 25% | |
Graduate degree MS/MBA/JD/PhD/MD | 33% | |
Insurance status | Private | 73% |
Medicare | 27% | |
Marital status* | Single | 12% |
Married/Partnered | 61% | |
Separated/Divorced | 17% | |
Widowed | 10% | |
Menopausal at diagnosis | Yes | 62% |
No | 38% | |
Mutation present in those with genetic testing (n = 25) | BRCA1 (n = 4) | 16% |
BRCA2 (n = 1) | 4% | |
PALB2 (n = 1) | 4% | |
Stage | 1 | 31% |
2 | 52% | |
3 | 17% | |
Node status | Positive | 54% |
Negative | 46% | |
Hormone receptor status | Positive | 56% |
Negative | 44% | |
HER-2 receptor status | Positive | 42% |
Negative | 58% | |
Surgery | Lumpectomy | 44% |
Bilateral mastectomy | 31% | |
Bilateral nipple sparing mastectomy | 8% | |
Bilateral skin-sparing mastectomy | 6% | |
UL mastectomy | 11% | |
Lymph node assessment | Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy | 73% |
Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) | 19% | |
Chemotherapy | Yes | 94% |
No | 6% | |
Endocrine therapy | Overall | 56% |
Among HR-positive | 97% | |
Tamoxifen | 31% | |
Aromatase inhibitor 20 | 69% | |
Anti-HER2 therapy | Yes | 42% |
No | 58% | |
Radiation | Breast | 56% |
Chest | 44% | |
Boost | 18% | |
LN | 59% | |
Time from diagnosis to SV (years), median (IQR) | 0.9 (0.7, 1.3) | |
Time from diagnosis to most recent follow-up (years), median (IQR) | 3.1 (2.4, 4.2) | |
Time from SV to most recent follow-up (years), median (IQR) | 1.9 (1.5, 3.1) |
At SV, 13% were single, 66% were married/partnered, 9% were separated/divorced, and 11% were widowed