*Department of Surgery
‡Division of Biostatistics
§Department of Medicine
†Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Partially presented at the 2015 Breast Cancer Symposium, September 2015, San Francisco, CA.
Supported by a grant from The Society of Surgical Oncology Foundation (T.W.F.Y.) and R01CA170945 from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (L.E.P./A.B.N.).
This study used the linked SEER-Medicare database. The interpretation and reporting of these data are the sole responsibility of the authors. The collection of cancer incidence data used in this study was supported by the California Department of Public Health as part of the statewide cancer reporting program mandated by California Health and Safety Code Section 103885; the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program under contract HHSN261201000140C awarded to the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, contract HHSN261201000035C awarded to the University of Southern California, and contract HHSN261201000034C awarded to the Public Health Institute; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Program of Cancer Registries, under agreement #U58DP003862-01 awarded to the California Department of Public Health. The ideas and opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and endorsement by the State of California Department of Public Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or their Contractors and Subcontractors is not intended nor should be inferred.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Reprints: Tina W.F. Yen, MD, MS, Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226. E-mail: [email protected].
