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Association Of The Severity Of Diabetes- Related Complications With Stage Of Breast Cancer At Diagnosis Among Elderly Women With Pre-Existing Diabetes, Ebtihag O. Alenzi, S. Suresh Madhavan, Xi Tan

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Purpose—This study assessed the association between the severity of diabetes complications using diabetes complications severity index (DCSI) and stage of breast cancer (BC) at diagnosis among elderly women with pre-existing diabetes and incident BC. Methods—Using Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare data, we identified women with incident BC during 2004–2011 and pre-existing diabetes (N = 7729). Chi-square tests were used to test for group differences in stage of BC at diagnosis. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the associations between the severity of diabetes complications and stage of BC at diagnosis. Results—Overall, women with a DCSI = 2 and a …

Oncolog, Volume 63, Number 01, January 2018, Bryan Tutt

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

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