Research Article

Hospital Rurality and Gene Expression Profiling for Early-Stage Breast Cancer among Iowa Residents (2010–2018)

Table 5

Proportion with early-stage, HR+, HER2−, LN− female breast cancer receiving chemotherapy by ODX recurrence score.

Hospital location
UrbanLarge ruralSmall rural
TotalChemotherapyTotalChemotherapyTotalChemotherapy
N%N%N%

Test not done28999.5%4837.5%2757.6%
Low risk14411.9%2320.4%681.5%
Intermediate risk81029.9%10124.8%3023.3%
High risk19483.5%3180.7%784.7%

Abbreviations: HER2−, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative; HR+, hormone receptor-positive; LN−, lymph node negative; ODX, Oncotype DX.