TY - JOUR
T1 - Competing Risk of Death in Elderly Patients with Newly Diagnosed Stage I Breast Cancer
AU - Wasif, Nabil
AU - Neville, Matthew
AU - Gray, Richard
AU - Cronin, Patricia
AU - Pockaj, Barbara A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American College of Surgeons
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Background: The majority of newly diagnosed breast cancers in the US are in women aged older than 65 years who can have additional comorbidities. Balancing the risks and benefits of treatment should take into account these competing risks of death. Study Design: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program-Medicare database was used to identify women with stage I breast cancer undergoing operations from 2004-2012. Using neural network analysis, comorbidities associated with mortality were grouped into clinically relevant categories. Cumulative incidence graphs and Fine and Gray competing risk regression analyses were used to study the association of age, race, comorbidity groupings, and tumor variables with 3 competing mortality outcomes: dead of disease (DOD), dead of other cancers (DOC), and non-cancer death (NCD). Results: The overall cumulative incidence of mortality was 4.9% for DOD, 3.7% for DOC, and 21.3% for NCD for the 47,220 patients studied. For all patients, the 5- and 8-year probability of DOD was 3% and 4.7%, for DOC 1.9% and 3.5%, and for NCD 9.8% and 18.9%, respectively. The presence of any major comorbidity (eg cardiovascular or neurologic disorders) significantly increased the probability of NCD, and estrogen receptor status was the strongest predictor of DOD. Given patient age, comorbidity, and estrogen receptor status, an estimate of competing risks of death from DOD, DOC, and NCD can be calculated. Conclusions: To aid clinical decision making, we quantify competing risks of death in patients with stage I breast cancer by taking into account patient age, comorbidity, and estrogen receptor status.
AB - Background: The majority of newly diagnosed breast cancers in the US are in women aged older than 65 years who can have additional comorbidities. Balancing the risks and benefits of treatment should take into account these competing risks of death. Study Design: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program-Medicare database was used to identify women with stage I breast cancer undergoing operations from 2004-2012. Using neural network analysis, comorbidities associated with mortality were grouped into clinically relevant categories. Cumulative incidence graphs and Fine and Gray competing risk regression analyses were used to study the association of age, race, comorbidity groupings, and tumor variables with 3 competing mortality outcomes: dead of disease (DOD), dead of other cancers (DOC), and non-cancer death (NCD). Results: The overall cumulative incidence of mortality was 4.9% for DOD, 3.7% for DOC, and 21.3% for NCD for the 47,220 patients studied. For all patients, the 5- and 8-year probability of DOD was 3% and 4.7%, for DOC 1.9% and 3.5%, and for NCD 9.8% and 18.9%, respectively. The presence of any major comorbidity (eg cardiovascular or neurologic disorders) significantly increased the probability of NCD, and estrogen receptor status was the strongest predictor of DOD. Given patient age, comorbidity, and estrogen receptor status, an estimate of competing risks of death from DOD, DOC, and NCD can be calculated. Conclusions: To aid clinical decision making, we quantify competing risks of death in patients with stage I breast cancer by taking into account patient age, comorbidity, and estrogen receptor status.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.03.013
DO - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.03.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 30930100
AN - SCOPUS:85065032679
SN - 1072-7515
VL - 229
SP - 30-36.e1
JO - Journal of the American College of Surgeons
JF - Journal of the American College of Surgeons
IS - 1
ER -