Ethnicity and persistent symptom burden in breast cancer survivors.

Introduction: Relatively few studies of breast cancer survivors have included nonwhite women or women who do not speak English.

Methods: We administered a survey to patients who were >or=3 months post-completion of their adjuvant treatment for stage 0-III breast cancer at Columbia University Medical Center in order to assess the prevalence of 16 physical and emotional symptoms and identify sociodemographic factors associated with these symptoms. Univariate analysis, factor analysis, ANOVA, and multiple linear regression analysis were performed.