Racial disparities in survival among African American (AA) women in the United States have
been well documented. Breast cancer mortality rates among AA women is higher in …

BACKGROUND: African American race negatively impacts survival from localized breast
cancer but co-variable factors confound the impact. METHODS: Data sets were analyzed …

Background Black women with breast cancer have lower survival rates and higher
recurrence rates in comparison with white women. This study compared treatment and …

The objectives of this study were to examine the outcomes of late stage breast cancer
diagnosis, receiving first course treatment, and breast cancer-related death by race, age …

Purpose A survival disparity of black versus white breast cancer patients has been
extensively documented but not adequately explained. Blacks and whites also have …

Importance Women with early-stage breast cancers are expected to have excellent survival
rates. It is important to identify factors that predict diagnosis of early-stage breast cancers …

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 …

Background Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data from 1973‐2010
have been used to show that minority women have disproportionately higher percentages of …

Background Racial disparity is often identified as a factor in survival from breast cancer in
the United States. Current data regarding survival in patients treated in the Department of …

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 …