Impact of diabetes on surgery and radiotherapy for breast cancer.
Ross LawrensonChunhuan LaoJames StanleyIan CampbellJeremy KrebsIneke MeredithJonathan KoeaAndrea TengDianne Sika-PaotonuJeannine StairmandJason GurneyPublished in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2023)
Diabetes is associated with a lower likelihood of receiving surgery and a greater delay to surgery. Women with diabetes are also less likely to have breast reconstruction after mastectomy. These differences need to be taken in to account when considering factors that may impact on the outcomes of women with diabetes especially for Māori, Pacific and Asian women.
Keyphrases
- type diabetes
- minimally invasive
- cardiovascular disease
- glycemic control
- coronary artery bypass
- breast reconstruction
- surgical site infection
- early stage
- squamous cell carcinoma
- young adults
- insulin resistance
- pregnant women
- radiation induced
- radiation therapy
- acute coronary syndrome
- locally advanced
- breast cancer risk