Health and racial disparity in breast cancer

CG Yedjou, JN Sims, L Miele, F Noubissi… - … cancer metastasis and …, 2019 - Springer
Breast cancer is the most common noncutaneous malignancy and the second most lethal
form of cancer among women in the United States. It currently affects more than one in ten …

[HTML][HTML] 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
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths among women aged 40–
55 in the United States and currently affects more than one in ten women worldwide. It is …

Disparities in breast cancer characteristics and outcomes by race/ethnicity

SL Ooi, ME Martinez, CI Li - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2011 - Springer
Disparities in breast cancer stage and mortality by race/ethnicity in the United States are
persistent and well known. However, few studies have assessed differences across …

A perfect storm: how tumor biology, genomics, and health care delivery patterns collide to create a racial survival disparity in breast cancer and proposed interventions …

B Daly, OI Olopade - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
It is well known that there is a significant racial divide in breast cancer incidence and
mortality rates. African American women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer …

Social determinants of Black-White disparities in breast cancer mortality: a review

MA Gerend, M Pai - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008 - AACR
Despite the recent decline in breast cancer mortality, African American women continue to
die from breast cancer at higher rates than do White women. Beyond the fact that breast …

Racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer mortality: are we doing enough to address the root causes?

DJ Blackman, CM Masi - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Breast cancer is the most common noncutaneous malignancy and the second most lethal
form of cancer among women in the United States. Mortality from breast cancer has declined …

Breast cancer statistics, 2017, racial disparity in mortality by state

CE DeSantis, J Ma, A Goding Sauer… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the American Cancer Society provides an overview of female breast cancer
statistics in the United States, including data on incidence, mortality, survival, and screening …

Disparities in breast cancer survival in the United States (2001‐2009): findings from the CONCORD‐2 study

JW Miller, JL Smith, AB Ryerson, TC Tucker… - Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Reducing breast cancer incidence and achieving equity in breast cancer
outcomes remains a priority for public health practitioners, health care providers, policy …

[HTML][HTML] Disparities in breast cancer tumor characteristics, treatment, time to treatment, and survival probability among African American and white women

KC Foy, JL Fisher, MB Lustberg, DM Gray… - NPJ Breast …, 2018 - nature.com
African American (AA) women have a 42% higher breast cancer death rate compared to
white women despite recent advancements in management of the disease. We examined …

Breast cancer epidemiology in blacks and whites: disparities in incidence, mortality, survival rates and histology

CR Baquet, SI Mishra, P Commiskey, GL Ellison… - Journal of the National …, 2008 - Elsevier
Background This study presents black-white breast cancer statistics, tumor histology and
receptor status, and treatment patterns for all ages and by age groups (< 40, 40-49, and≥ …