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Estimation of the Number of Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer in the United States

Overview of attention for article published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, May 2017
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Title
Estimation of the Number of Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer in the United States
Published in
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, May 2017
DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-16-0889
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Angela B Mariotto, Ruth Etzioni, Marc Hurlbert, Lynne Penberthy, Musa Mayer

Abstract

Background: Distant metastatic breast cancer (MBC), including metastases found at diagnosis (de novo) and those occurring later (recurrence), represents the most severe form of the disease, when resource utilization is most intensive. Yet, the number of women living with MBC in the United States is unknown. The objective of this article is to use population-based data to estimate the prevalence of MBC.Methods: We used a back-calculation method to estimate MBC prevalence from U.S. breast cancer mortality and survival from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registries. On the basis of the illness-death process, this method assumes that each observed breast cancer death is the result of MBC, either de novo or a recurrence with metastatic disease.Results: We estimate that by January 1, 2017, there will be 154,794 women living with MBC in the United States, three in four initially diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer who later progressed to MBC.Median survival and 5-year relative survival for de novo MBC increased over the years, especially in younger women. We estimate a two-fold increase in 5-year relative survival rate from 18% to 36%, for women diagnosed with de novo MBC at age 15-49 between 1992-1994 and 2005-2012, respectively.Conclusions: This study demonstrates an increasing number of women in the United States living with MBC, likely the result of improvements in treatment and aging of the U.S. Impact: The increasing burden of MBC highlights the importance of documenting recurrence to foster more research into the specific needs of this understudied population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 1-7. ©2017 AACR.

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Unknown 378 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 49 13%
Researcher 41 11%
Student > Master 39 10%
Other 32 8%
Student > Bachelor 28 7%
Other 64 17%
Unknown 125 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 76 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 42 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 29 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 14 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 14 4%
Other 68 18%
Unknown 135 36%
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