title: Does deprivation affect breast cancer management?
abstract: We evaluated whether social deprivation affected decision-making for breast cancer surgery. Of 3419 patients, 53.6% had mastectomy and this was predicted by deprivation, age, tumour size and hospital, all of which retained significance on multivariate analysis, except deprivation. Pathological characteristics and surgical decision-making determined choice of operation not deprivation.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, Scotland, UK. nhenley@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Henley
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hole
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kesson
authors.forename: H J G
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012606:Scotland; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors