{"id":4220,"date":"2015-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/journal-articles\/a-population-based-study-of-ethnicity-and-breast-cancer-stage-at-diagnosis-in-ontario\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T23:42:15","slug":"a-population-based-study-of-ethnicity-and-breast-cancer-stage-at-diagnosis-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"journal_article","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/publications\/journal-articles\/a-population-based-study-of-ethnicity-and-breast-cancer-stage-at-diagnosis-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"A population-based study of ethnicity and breast cancer stage at diagnosis in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Background<\/strong> &#x2014; Breast cancer stage at diagnosis is an important predictor of survival. The goal was to compare breast cancer stage at diagnosis (by American Joint Committee on Cancer criteria) in Chinese and South Asian women with stage at diagnosis in the remaining general population in Ontario. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Methods<\/strong> &#x2014; The authors used the Ontario population-based cancer registry to identify all women diagnosed with breast cancer during 2005&#x2013;2010, and the authors applied a validated surname algorithm to identify South Asian and Chinese women. The authors used logistic regression to compare, for Chinese or South Asian women and for the remaining general population, the frequency of diagnoses at stage II compared with stage I and stages II-IV compared with stage I. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> &#x2014; The registry search identified 1304 Chinese women, 705 South Asian women, and 39,287 women in the remaining general population. The Chinese and South Asian populations were younger than the remaining population (mean: 54, 57, and 61 years respectively). Adjusted for age, South Asian women were more often diagnosed with breast cancer at stage II than at stage I [odds ratio (OR): 1.28; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08 to 1.51] or at stages II-IV than at stage I (OR: 1.27; 95% CI: 1.08 to 1.48); Chinese women were less likely to be diagnosed at stage II than at stage I (OR: 0.82; 95% CI: 0.72 to 0.92) or at stages II-IV than at stage I (OR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.65 to 0.82). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong> &#x2014; Breast cancers were diagnosed at a later stage in South Asian women and at an earlier stage in Chinese women than in the remaining population. A more detailed analysis of ethnocultural factors influencing breast screening uptake, retention, and care-seeking behavior might be needed to help inform and evaluate tailored health promotion activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background &#x2014; Breast cancer stage at diagnosis is an important predictor of survival. The goal was to compare breast cancer stage at diagnosis (by American Joint Committee on Cancer criteria) in Chinese and South Asian women with stage at diagnosis in the remaining general population in Ontario. Methods &#x2014; The authors used the Ontario population-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","migration-helper-automated":[],"migration-manual":[],"topic":[18,21],"migration-helper-qa-sample-set":[],"class_list":["post-4220","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry","topic-racialized-communities","topic-women-or-gender-based-research"],"acf":{"citation":"Ginsburg OM, Fischer HD, Shah BR, Lipscombe L, Fu L, Anderson GM, Rochon PA.<em>Curr Oncol.<\/em> 2015; 22(2):97-104.","source_url":"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4399617\/","ices_scientist":[1361,1295,1382,1340],"site":[6733,6735],"research_program":[6746,6740],"news_release":[7864],"journal_article":[],"atlas":[],"research_report":[],"infographic":[],"video":[],"downloads":null,"links":null,"sitecore_item_id":"99F29C7B-CD76-4C0D-A3D0-6DF61C6FF1D9","sitecore_item_name":"A-population-based-study-of-ethnicity-and-breast-cancer-stage-at-diagnosis-in-Ontario","sitecore_field_values":"{\n  \"__Valid from\": \"20170726T150703\",\n  \"Title\": \"A population-based study of ethnicity and breast cancer stage at diagnosis in Ontario\",\n  \"Short title\": \"A population-based study of ethnicity\",\n  \"Summary\": \"The goal was to compare breast cancer stage at diagnosis in Chinese and South Asian women with stage at diagnosis in the remaining general population in Ontario.\",\n  \"Citation\": \"<p>Ginsburg OM, Fischer HD, Shah BR, Lipscombe L, Fu L, Anderson GM, Rochon PA.<em>Curr Oncol.<\/em> 2015; 22(2):97-104.<\/p>\",\n  \"Abstract\": \"<p><strong>Background<\/strong> &mdash; Breast cancer stage at diagnosis is an important predictor of survival. The goal was to compare breast cancer stage at diagnosis (by American Joint Committee on Cancer criteria) in Chinese and South Asian women with stage at diagnosis in the remaining general population in Ontario. <\/p>n<p><strong>Methods<\/strong> &mdash; The authors used the Ontario population-based cancer registry to identify all women diagnosed with breast cancer during 2005&ndash;2010, and the authors applied a validated surname algorithm to identify South Asian and Chinese women. The authors used logistic regression to compare, for Chinese or South Asian women and for the remaining general population, the frequency of diagnoses at stage II compared with stage I and stages II-IV compared with stage I. <\/p>n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> &mdash; The registry search identified 1304 Chinese women, 705 South Asian women, and 39,287 women in the remaining general population. The Chinese and South Asian populations were younger than the remaining population (mean: 54, 57, and 61 years respectively). Adjusted for age, South Asian women were more often diagnosed with breast cancer at stage II than at stage I [odds ratio (OR): 1.28; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08 to 1.51] or at stages II-IV than at stage I (OR: 1.27; 95% CI: 1.08 to 1.48); Chinese women were less likely to be diagnosed at stage II than at stage I (OR: 0.82; 95% CI: 0.72 to 0.92) or at stages II-IV than at stage I (OR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.65 to 0.82). <\/p>n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong> &mdash; Breast cancers were diagnosed at a later stage in South Asian women and at an earlier stage in Chinese women than in the remaining population. 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