Disparities in cardiovascular disease mortality after breast cancer treatment: Methodological considerations using real-world data

Gregory S Calip^{1

2}, Niquelle Brown Wadé^{1

3}, Jenny S Guadamuz^{1

4}, Xiaoliang Wang¹, Rebecca A Miksad^{1

5}, Kristen D Whitaker⁶

Affiliations

¹ Flatiron Health, New York, New York.
² Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ Program on Medicines and Public Health, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Department of Hematology and Oncology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Gregory S Calip et al. Cancer. 2022.

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. 2022 Feb 15;128(4):647-650.

doi: 10.1002/cncr.34045. Epub 2021 Dec 7.

Gregory S Calip^{1

2}, Niquelle Brown Wadé^{1

3}, Jenny S Guadamuz^{1

4}, Xiaoliang Wang¹, Rebecca A Miksad^{1

5}, Kristen D Whitaker⁶

¹ Flatiron Health, New York, New York.
² Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ Program on Medicines and Public Health, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Department of Hematology and Oncology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Keywords: breast cancer; cardiovascular disease; competing risks; racial disparities; real-world data.

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Racial disparities in mortality outcomes among women diagnosed with breast cancer in Maryland: Impact of cardiovascular disease and clinical characteristics.
Connor AE, Kaur M, Sheng JY, Hayes JH. Connor AE, et al. Cancer. 2022 Feb 15;128(4):727-736. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33889. Epub 2021 Dec 7. Cancer. 2022. PMID: 34873682

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