Table 2 Breast Cancer University Hospitals (UH) population (2005–2022) description and comparison stratified by race in treatment patterns. IQR = interquartile range.
From: Racial disparities in breast cancer treatment patterns and treatment related adverse events
 | Breast cancer UH population (n = 17,454) | ||
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Black | White | p value | |
3136 (18%) | 14,318 (82%) | ||
Surgery—n (%) | 1819 (58%) | 7167 (50.1%) |  < 0.001 |
 Mastectomy—n (%) | 490 (15.6%) | 1790 (12.5%) |  < 0.001 |
 Lumpectomy—n (%) | 583 (18.6%) | 1771 (12.4%) |  < 0.001 |
 Time to surgery (days)—median (IQR) | 42 (27–106) | 34 (21–62) |  < 0.001 |
Radiotherapy (R)—n (%) | 1320 (42.1%) | 4015 (28%) |  < 0.001 |
 Right side only radiotherapy—n (%) | 371 (11.8%) | 1136 (7.9%) |  < 0.001 |
 Left side only radiotherapy—n (%) | 315 (10%) | 967 (6.8%) |  < 0.001 |
 Time to radiotherapy (days)—median (IQR) | 204 (99–287) | 138 (77–253) |  < 0.001 |
Chemotherapy (C)—n (%) | 1085 (34.6%) | 3528 (24.6%) |  < 0.001 |
 Time to chemotherapy (days)—median (IQR) | 70 (37–112) | 62 (36–95) |  < 0.001 |
Hormone therapy (H)—n (%) | 1335 (42.6%) | 5853 (40.9%) | 0.08 |
 Time to hormone therapy (days)—median (IQR) | 138 (72–245) | 126 (72–218) | 0.003 |
Immunotherapy (I)—n (%) | 129 (4.1%) | 406 (2.8%) |  < 0.001 |
 Time to immunotherapy (days)—median (IQR) | 68 (43–127) | 59 (34–128) | 0.44 |
Combined therapy | |||
 C + R − n (%) | 718 (22.9%) | 1,558 (10.9%) |  < 0.001 |
 I + R − n (%) | 87 (2.8%) | 206 (1.4%) |  < 0.001 |
 H + R − n (%) | 733 (23.4%) | 2,285 (16%) |  < 0.001 |
 H + C + R − n (%) | 383 (12.2%) | 1,008 (7%) |  < 0.001 |
 H + C + R + I − n (%) | 39 (1.2%) | 111 (0.8%) | 0.01 |
Agents | |||
 Anthracyclines—n (%) | 357 (11.4%) | 1,053 (7.4%) |  < 0.001 |
 Non-anthracycline cytotoxic chemotherapy—n (%) | 694 (22.1%) | 2,214 (15.5%) |  < 0.001 |
 PIK3CA/mTOR inhibitors—n (%) | 4 (0.1%) | 9 (0.1%) | 0.4 |
 Aromatase inhibitors—n (%) | 375 (12%) | 1,098 (7.7%) |  < 0.001 |
 LHRH agonists—n (%) | 82 (2.6%) | 270 (1.9%) | 0.01 |
 ER antagonists—n (%) | 196 (6.2%) | 631 (4.4%) |  < 0.001 |
 Newer therapies—n (%) | 211 (6.7%) | 752 (5.3%) |  < 0.001 |
Appointments per patient—median (IQR) | 10 (5–23) | 8 (4–17) |  < 0.001 |
% of appointments attended—median (IQR) | 66 (44–80) | 69 (50–85) |  < 0.001 |