Table 1.
Participant demographics, cancer characteristics, and treatment at most recent follow-up
| 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