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Research Finds Neighborhood Disadvantage Affects Breast Cancer Survival
Research Finds Neighborhood Disadvantage Affects Breast Cancer Survival,About The Study: In this study of 5,000 patients with breast cancer, a shorter breast cancer–specific survival in women from disadvantaged

Research Finds Neighborhood Disadvantage Affects Breast Cancer Survival

About The Study: In this study of 5,000 patients with breast cancer, a shorter breast cancer–specific survival in women from disadvantaged neighborhoods compared with advantaged neighborhoods was identified, even after controlling for individual-level sociodemographic, comorbidity, breast cancer risk factor, access to care, tumor, and National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline-concordant treatment characteristics. The findings suggest potential unaccounted mechanisms, including unmeasured social determinants of health and access to care measures.

Authors: Neha Goel, M.D., of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.8908)

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