Racial disparities in chemotherapy administration for early-stage breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AK Green, EM Aviki, K Matsoukas, S Patil… - Breast cancer research …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to measure the extent to
which race is associated with delayed initiation or receipt of inadequate chemotherapy …

[PDF][PDF] Racial disparities in treatment and survival among women with early-stage breast cancer

D Hershman, R McBride, JS Jacobson… - Journal of Clinical …, 2005 - academia.edu
Purpose Black women with breast cancer are known to have poorer survival than white
women. Suboptimal treatment may compromise the survival benefits of adjuvant …

Black–white differences in receipt and completion of adjuvant chemotherapy among breast cancer patients in a rural region of the US

J Lipscomb, TW Gillespie, M Goodman… - Breast cancer research …, 2012 - Springer
Recent breast cancer treatment studies conducted in large urban settings have reported
racial disparities in the appropriate use of adjuvant chemotherapy. This article presents the …

Ethnic disparities in adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer are not caused by excess toxicity in black patients

K Smith, L Wray, M Klein-Cabral, L Schuchter, K Fox… - Clinical breast …, 2005 - Elsevier
Background Black patients with breast cancer may be at greater risk for chemotherapy-
related hematologic toxicity than white patients because of lower baseline blood cell counts …

Impact of timing of adjuvant chemotherapy initiation and completion after surgery on racial disparities in survival among women with breast cancer

ZZ Nurgalieva, L Franzini, RO Morgan, SW Vernon… - Medical Oncology, 2013 - Springer
While large differences by race/ethnicity in breast cancer survival are well established, it is
unknown whether differences in quality of chemotherapy delivered explain the racial/ethnic …

Differences in treatment and survival among African-American and Caucasian women with early stage operable breast cancer

K Sail, L Franzini, D Lairson, X Du - Ethnicity & health, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. To examine racial disparities associated with breast cancer treatment and survival
in elderly patients with early stage operable breast cancer. Methods. We studied 23,110 …

Race and hormone receptor–positive breast cancer outcomes in a randomized chemotherapy trial

JA Sparano, M Wang, F Zhao, V Stearns… - Journal of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background The association between black race and worse outcomes in operable breast
cancer reported in previous studies has been attributed to a higher incidence of more …

Racial disparity in distant recurrence‐free survival in patients with localized breast cancer: A pooled analysis of National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project …

G Kim, JM Pastoriza, J Qin, J Lin, GS Karagiannis… - Cancer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Black race is associated with worse outcome in patients with breast cancer. The
distant relapse‐free survival (DRFS) between Black and White women with localized breast …

Racial differences in acute toxicities of neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early-stage breast cancer

HS Han, IM Reis, W Zhao, K Kuroi, M Toi… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes are attributed to differences in
baseline tumour characteristics and biology, stage, age, ethnic background and …

The impact of race and age on response to neoadjuvant therapy and long-term outcomes in Black and White women with early-stage breast cancer

E Terman, J Sheade, F Zhao, FM Howard… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose There are a paucity of data and a pressing need to evaluate response to
neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and determine long-term outcomes in young Black …