Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
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Black Hispanic and Black Non-Hispanic Breast Cancer Survival Data Analysis with Half-normal Model Application

  • Khan, Hafiz Mohammad Rafiqullah (Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University) ;
  • Saxena, Anshul (Department of Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University) ;
  • Vera, Veronica (Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University) ;
  • Abdool-Ghany, Faheema (Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University) ;
  • Gabbidon, Kemesha (Department of Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University) ;
  • Perea, Nancy (Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University) ;
  • Stewart, Tiffanie Shauna-Jeanne (Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University) ;
  • Ramamoorthy, Venkataraghavan (Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University)
  • Published : 2014.11.28
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Abstract

Background: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. Differences in survival of breast cancer have been noted among racial and ethnic groups, but the reasons for these disparities remain unclear. This study presents the characteristics and the survival curve of two racial and ethnic groups and evaluates the effects of race on survival times by measuring the lifetime data-based half-normal model. Materials and Methods: The distributions among racial and ethnic groups are compared using female breast cancer patients from nine states in the country all taken from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registry. The main end points observed are: age at diagnosis, survival time in months, and marital status. The right skewed half-normal statistical probability model is used to show the differences in the survival times between black Hispanic (BH) and black non-Hispanic (BNH) female breast cancer patients. The Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazard ratio are used to estimate and compare the relative risk of death in two minority groups, BH and BNH. Results: A probability random sample method was used to select representative samples from BNH and BH female breast cancer patients, who were diagnosed during the years of 1973-2009 in the United States. The sample contained 1,000 BNH and 298 BH female breast cancer patients. The median age at diagnosis was 57.75 years among BNH and 54.11 years among BH. The results of the half-normal model showed that the survival times formed positive skewed models with higher variability in BNH compared with BH. The Kaplan-Meir estimate was used to plot the survival curves for cancer patients; this test was positively skewed. The Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazard ratio for survival analysis showed that BNH had a significantly longer survival time as compared to BH which is consistent with the results of the half-normal model. Conclusions: The findings with the proposed model strategy will assist in the healthcare field to measure future outcomes for BH and BNH, given their past history and conditions. These findings may provide an enhanced and improved outlook for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer patients in the United States.

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