Table 1 Patient demographic and clinicopathological characteristics among non-Hispanic White (NHW) and non-Hispanic Black (NHB) women diagnosed with breast cancer in Georgia (2010–2014) and eligible to receive an Oncotype DX (ODX) recurrence scorea

From: Oncotype DX recurrence score implications for disparities in chemotherapy and breast cancer mortality in Georgia

Patient characteristics

NHW

NHB

Oncotype DX score received

Oncotype DX score received

Yes

No

Yes

No

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Overall

4418

48

4818

52

1332

47

1513

53

ODX RS Group

1

2580

58

  

686

52

  

2

1469

33

  

456

34

  

3

369

8.4

  

190

14

  

Stage

1

3258

35

3177

34

932

33

824

29

2

1146

12

1495

16

394

14

612

22

3

14

0.2

146

1.6

6

0.2

77

2.7

Grade

1

1467

16

1786

20

341

12

395

14

2

2218

25

2007

22

682

25

596

22

3+

671

7.4

872

9.7

289

10

466

17

Missing

62

 

153

 

20

 

56

 

Lymph Nodes

Negative

3982

43

3891

42

1199

42

1187

42

1–3+

436

4.7

927

10

133

4.7

326

11

Chemotherapy

Yes

867

9.5

1235

14

356

13

600

22

No

3468

38

3521

38

948

34

877

32

Missing

83

 

62

 

28

 

36

 

Age

<40

124

1.3

85

0.9

68

2.4

69

2.4

40–49

708

7.8

405

4.4

245

8.6

201

7.1

50–65

2220

24

1748

19

678

24

657

23

>65

1366

15

2580

28

341

12

586

21

Year of Dx

2010

722

7.8

950

10

201

7.1

276

9.7

2011

895

9.7

972

11

222

7.8

274

9.6

2012

923

10

984

11

273

9.6

299

11

2013

948

10

933

10

307

11

352

12

2014

930

10

979

11

329

12

312

11

Insurance status

Uninsured

44

0.5

43

0.5

24

0.8

39

1.4

Private

2658

29

1960

21

729

26

667

23

Medicaid

164

1.8

195

2.1

158

5.6

173

6.1

Medicare

1407

15

2482

27

358

13

578

20

Military

90

1.0

82

0.9

40

1.4

39

1.4

Unknown

55

0.6

56

0.6

23

0.8

17

0.6

SES

0%– < 5% poverty

779

8.4

745

8.1

68

2.4

66

2.3

5%– < 10% poverty

1048

11

1018

11

177

6.2

167

5.9

10%– < 20% poverty

1506

16

1706

19

442

16

533

19

20–100% poverty

1085

12

1349

15

645

23

747

26

Urban/Rural

Urban

3409

37

3609

39

1171

41

1300

46

Rural

1009

11

1209

13

161

5.7

213

7.5

  1. aPercentages shown by receipt of ODX testing and characteristic within race group