The effect of race on breast cancer outcome is confounded by tumor and treatment
heterogeneity. We examined a cohort of women with stage II–III breast cancer treated …

Purpose Prior research demonstrates racial disparities in breast cancer treatment.
Disparities are commonly attributed to more advanced stage at presentation or aggressive …

Background After controlling for baseline disease factors, researchers have found that black
women have worse breast cancer survival, and this suggests that treatment differences may …

Purpose Women of African ancestry (AA) have lower WBC counts and are more likely to
have treatment delays and discontinue adjuvant breast cancer therapy early compared with …

Black race compared to white race is associated with more advanced stage and biologically
aggressive breast cancer. Consequently, black patients are more frequently treated with …

BACKGROUND: Consistent with findings from clinical trials, a recent population‐based
study indicated that adjuvant chemotherapy for lymph node‐positive, operable breast cancer …

Background: Black Americans have higher mortality from breast cancer than white
Americans. This study explores the influence of socioeconomic factors and black race on …

Background Breast cancer is a public health priority in Brazil and ensuring equity in health
care is one of the cancer control plan goals. Our aim was to present the first assessment on …

Purpose To explore racial differences in the use and outcome of neoadjuvant chemotherapy
for breast cancer. Methods The National Cancer Data Base was queried to identify women …

Abstract BACKGROUND. African‐American (AA) race has been associated with a worse
outcome in breast cancer. It is unclear whether this is due to biological factors …