Breast Screening and Breast Cancer Survival in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women of Australia

Factors Predictive of Treatment by Australian Breast Surgeons of Invasive Female Breast Cancer by Mastectomy rather than Breast Conserving Surgery

“…Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have had much higher mastectomy rates than other women, as have women from the third and fourth lowest socioeconomic quintiles (Kotwall et al, 1998;Cancer Australia, 2012). Other studies have shown higher mastectomy rates for women from lower than higher socio-economic areas (Taylor et al, 1999;Cancer Australia, 2012;Roder et al, 2012). A secular decrease in mastectomy rates was evident for screened women between 1996(Cancer Australia, 2012Roder et al, 2012).…”

“…Other studies have shown higher mastectomy rates for women from lower than higher socio-economic areas (Taylor et al, 1999;Cancer Australia, 2012;Roder et al, 2012). A secular decrease in mastectomy rates was evident for screened women between 1996(Cancer Australia, 2012Roder et al, 2012).…”

“…In North America, private health insurance has been linked to greater use of breast conserving surgery (Lazovich et al, 1991;Dragun et al, 2012a;2012b). In general, breast cancers detected through mammography screening in Australia have had lower mastectomy rates (Samnakay et al, 2005;Cancer Australia, 2012;Roder et al, 2012) with rates of around 28% applying in 1996-2005 and with lower rates applying to cancers detected at subsequent than initial screening rounds (Cancer Australia, 2012;Roder et al, 2012).…”

Assessing the Impact of Socio-economic Variables on Breast Cancer Treatment Outcome Disparity

“…By focusing on one state, this study aimed to find out if there were unintended socio-economic factors impacting on breast cancer outcome in a relatively homogeneous, medium sized state as a model. Similar epidemiology studies focusing on more homogeneous areas have also been done in Australia (Roder et al 2012;Roder et al 2013). We used SEER 18 data that covered the Atlanta and rural Georgia since 1974, and Greater Georgia since 2010.…”

Rural disadvantage in breast cancer health-care service use and outcomes: quantifying the effects of individual risk factors and health service risk factors

“…A possible explanation is that the breast screening program in Australia was effective in enabling equality of service use across rural and urban areas. Another possible explanation is that a substantial proportion of rural residents are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, and this ethnic minority group is less likely to use mammography screening services [145]. However, our sample included a very low proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (<1%).…”