American Cancer Society Journals shared a post on LinkedIn:
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Research led by Ifeoma Nwigwe-Obiora, MPH of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that poverty in surrounding counties has a greater impact on mortality among women with breast cancer than residential county poverty alone.
In this retrospective cohort study of 36,711 women diagnosed with primary breast cancer between 2005-2014 and who survived at least 1 year, those surrounded by high-poverty counties had a 22% increase in death compared to those in low-poverty surrounding counties.
Incorporating poverty levels from both residential and surrounding counties may improve definitions of high- and low-risk regions after a breast cancer diagnosis.”
Title: Poverty in the residential and surrounding counties and its impact on mortality in women with breast cancer
Authors: Ifeoma Nwigwe, Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi, Michael R. Desjardins, Kala Visvanathan
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