Key clinical point: A high number of young women with breast cancer receive guideline-concordant care (GCC).
Major finding: GCC was given to 81.7% of the patients. Patients with stage III vs. stage I or II disease (93.4% vs. 88.4%) received GCC more frequently in hormone receptor (HR)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive or HR-negative/HER-positive subtypes. In women with HR-negative/HER2-negative or HR-positive/HER2-negative tumors, a higher proportion of patients with stage II vs stage I or III disease received GCC (91.8% vs. 83.7%).
Study details: A retrospective study of 1,295 young women with invasive breast cancer diagnosed in 2013.
Disclosures: This study was supported by the National Cancer Institute. Dr. AW Kurian received research funding from Myriad Genetics and served on the board of directors of a patient advocacy group outside this work. The other authors reported no conflicts of interest.
Source: White DP. Cancer. 2021 Jun 1. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33652 .