Estrogen metabolism in African-American women with and without breast cancer: A pilot study

M Zahid, B Mondal, TD LeVan… - Chemical research in …, 2018 - ACS Publications
… are homozygous for the Val158Met (rs4680, AA) polymorphism in COMT, leading to 4- to
5-… single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) for COMT plus two copies of the high-activity SNP (…

[HTML][HTML] Association between CYP17 T-34C rs743572 and breast cancer risk

J Sun, H Zhang, M Gao, Z Tang, D Guo, X Zhang… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… in Caucasians, one in Africans, one in both Asians and Caucasians, one in both Africans and
… that reported an association between rs743572 SNP and breast cancer risk. There were no …

Health and racial disparity in breast cancer

CG Yedjou, JN Sims, L Miele, F Noubissi… - Breast cancer …, 2019 - Springer
… Given all the research work that has been conducted for breast cancer treatment with
limited success for African Americans; new strategies and approaches are needed to promote …

CYP3A4* 1B polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis based on 55 case-control studies

Y Zheng, Y Xu, BY Zhou, L Sun, PB Yu… - Annals of Clinical & …, 2018 - Assoc Clin Scientists
… even the frequencies of single-nucleotide polymorphisms might be … of this polymorphism
with cancer risk among Africans. … 1B polymorphism may not increase risk of breast cancer and …

Polymorphism of HSD17B1 Ser312Gly with cancer risk: evidence from 66,147 subjects

L Shi, X Yang, X Dong, B Zhang - Twin Research and Human …, 2016 - cambridge.org
… , more than 450 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in … groups (only one study was
conducted on African Americans, … polymorphism was associated with decreased breast cancer

Assessing the racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer mortality in the United States

CG Yedjou, PB Tchounwou, M Payton, L Miele… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
… Although the incidence of breast cancer is slightly low among African American women, the
… ’s chances of developing breast cancer are related to a wide range of risk factors including …

Emerging evidence for the role of differential tumor microenvironment in breast cancer racial disparity: a closer look at the surroundings

SK Deshmukh, SK Srivastava, N Tyagi… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… in superior clinical outcomes, African American women with breast cancer continue to have
… Moreover, African American women are more likely to have breast cancer at a younger age …

Distinctions in breast tumor recurrence patterns post-therapy among racially distinct populations

N Wright, J Xia, G Cantuaria, S Klimov, M Jones… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
… have revealed a higher risk of breast tumor recurrence in African-American (… risk for
developing breast cancer [27]. Studies have also identified a Msp1 single nucleotide polymorphism

CYP1A1 and GSTP1 gene variations in breast cancer: a systematic review and case–control study

S Akhtar, I Mahjabeen, Z Akram, MA Kayani - Familial cancer, 2016 - Springer
… /polymorphisms of GSTs have been associated with increased risk of different types of cancer
including breast cancer [… ” or “single nucleotide polymorphism” or “SNP”] and [“cancer” or “…

Oestradiol metabolism and androgen receptor genotypes are associated with right ventricular function

CE Ventetuolo, N Mitra, F Wan… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… determined whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) … , oestrogen related receptor
α, breast cancer-associated gene 3, … fraction (RVEF) in African-American women in this study. …