Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy among White British and ethnic minority breast cancer survivors in the United Kingdom.
Serena McGuinnessLyndsay D HughesRona Moss-MorrisMyra HunterKatherine JonesZoe MoonPublished in: European journal of cancer care (2022)
Of White British women, 27.8% were classed as non-adherent, compared to 44.4% of women from minority ethnic groups. A logistic regression controlling for relevant demographics indicated that women from minority ethnic groups had a significantly higher risk of non-adherence than women who were White British (odds ratio = 1.50, p = 0.03) CONCLUSION: Rates of non-adherence to AET are higher in women from minority ethnic groups, which may contribute towards racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes. Research with larger and more diverse samples is needed to explore this further and to investigate the psychosocial factors driving differences in adherence.