Association Between African American Race and Outcomes in Patients With Nonmetastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis by Using Results From the Georgia Cancer Specialist Database

作者：Christiansen Neal^*; Chen Lei; Gilmore James; Pechar David; Szabo Stephen

来源：Clinical Breast Cancer, 2012, 12(4): 270-275.

DOI：10.1016/j.clbc.2012.04.007

• Community oncology setting
• Disease-free survival
• Progression
• Racial effect
• Recurrence

By using records from the Georgia Cancer Specialist Database, we evaluated the impact of African American race on disease recurrence and survival in patients with triple-negative breast cancer who were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, and we found that, among 209 patients, African American patients had a higher 5-year recurrence rate (42.5% vs. 7.0%; P = .0005) and a lower 5-year disease-free survival (45.2% vs. 79.7%; P = .0005) rate compared with other patients. %26lt;br%26gt;Introduction: The objective of this study was to evaluate, in a real-world context, the impact of race on disease recurrence and survival in patients with nonmetastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) treated with adjuvant chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: The study selected patients from the 2003-2008 Georgia Cancer Specialist Database with stage I-Ill confirmed TNBC who had received adjuvant chemotherapy. These patients were followed-up from initial diagnosis to death, cancer recurrence, or loss to follow-up. The primary outcome was disease-free survival (DFS). Kaplan-Meier curves compared DFS and recurrence between African American and non-African American groups. The impact of African American status was examined further through multivariate Cox models by adjusting for age, comorbidity, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, initial TNBC stage, surgery, and radiation therapy. Results: Among 209 patients with TNBC, 89 (42.6%) were African American. The 2 groups (African American vs. non-African American) were similar in mean age at diagnosis (53.2 vs. 54.4 years; P = .487) and with surgery and radiation rates (98.9% vs. 100%; P = .244; 68.5% vs. 62.5%; P = .365, respectively). Compared with non-African Americans, African American patients had a higher BMI (30.4 vs. 28.6 kg/m(2); P = .0477) and were less likely to be diagnosed at stage I (31.5% vs. 51.7%; P = .0107). The African American patients had a lower 5-year DFS rate (45.2% vs. 79.7%; P = .0005) and a higher 5-year recurrence rate (42.5% vs. 7.0%; P = .0005) compared with the non-African American patients. Conclusions: Among patients with TNBC treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, African American race was associated with a worse outcome irrespective of later stage at presentation or higher BMI.

• 出版日期2012-8