Racial/ethnic variation in clinical presentation, treatment, and survival among breast cancer patients under age 35

VL Shavers, LC Harlan… - … International Journal of the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The age specific breast cancer incidence rate for African‐American women
under age 35 is more than twice the rate for white women of similar age, and the mortality …

Racial disparities in breast cancer survival: an analysis by age and stage

AD Deshpande, DB Jeffe, J Gnerlich, AZ Iqbal… - Journal of Surgical …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Black women often present with advanced-stage breast cancer compared
with White women, which may result in the observed higher mortality among Black women …

Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in breast cancer surgery performed and delayed treatment: mediating impact on mortality

P Fwelo, KOS Nwosu, TE Adekunle, O Afolayan… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Objective Although Socioeconomic status (SES), race/ethnicity, surgical type, and
treatment delays are associated with breast cancer mortality outcomes, studies on these …

The influence of black race on treatment and mortality for early-stage breast cancer

JPB Berz, K Johnston, B Backus, G Doros, AJ Rose… - Medical care, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Black Americans have higher mortality from breast cancer than white
Americans. This study explores the influence of socioeconomic factors and black race on …

Treatment choices and response rates in African‐American women with breast carcinoma

LA Newman, R Theriault, N Clendinnin, D Jones… - Cancer, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Breast cancer mortality rates are higher among African‐American women
compared with white American women, yet little is known regarding ethnicity‐related …

Importance of race on breast cancer survival

GH Lyman, NM Kuderer, SL Lyman, CE Cox… - Annals of Surgical …, 1997 - Springer
Background: Breast cancer survival has been shown to be significantly less among black
women than white women. The reason for this difference in survival is unclear. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Racial/ethnic differences and trends in pathologic complete response following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer

SJ Ma, LM Serra, B Yu, MK Farrugia, AJ Iovoli, H Yu… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite improving rates of pathologic complete response (pCR; the
absence of invasive cancer at the time of surgery) among patients with breast cancer who …

Characteristics associated with differences in survival among black and white women with breast cancer

JH Silber, PR Rosenbaum, AS Clark, BJ Giantonio… - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Difference in breast cancer survival by race is a recognized problem among
Medicare beneficiaries. Objective To determine if racial disparity in breast cancer survival is …

Racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer survival: mediating effect of tumor characteristics and sociodemographic and treatment factors

ET Warner, RM Tamimi, ME Hughes… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To evaluate the relationship between race/ethnicity and breast cancer–specific
survival according to subtype and explore mediating factors. Patients and Methods …

Racial disparity in the dose and dose intensity of breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy

JJ Griggs, MES Sorbero, AT Stark, SE Heininger… - Breast cancer research …, 2003 - Springer
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of race and obesity on dose
and dose intensity of adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods. We abstracted data on patient/tumor …