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 …

Purpose To provide recommendations for appropriate cytotoxic chemotherapy dosing for
obese adult patients with cancer. Methods The American Society of Clinical Oncology …

BACKGROUND Breast carcinomas in African–American patients appear to be more
aggressive than in Caucasian patients due to multifactorial differences. METHODS The …

In the western world, breast cancer is the most common lethal cancer in women and the
second leading cause of cancer death behind lung cancer. 1 The American Cancer Society …

Racial disparities in breast cancer mortality have been widely documented for several
decades and persist despite advances in receipt of mammography across racial groups …

Evidence that obesity is associated with cancer incidence and mortality is compelling. By
contrast, the role of obesity in cancer survival is less well understood. There is inconsistent …

The main objective of this work was to perform a comprehensive analysis and provide a race-
stratified epidemiological report accounting for differences in treatment patterns and …

BACKGROUND: Determine the effects of race, socioeconomic status, and treatment on
outcomes for patients diagnosed with lung cancer. METHODS: The Florida cancer registry …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between
socioeconomic status (SES) and the use of intentionally reduced doses of chemotherapy in …

Benign neutropenia, observed in different ethnic groups, is the most common form of
neutropenia worldwide. A specific single nucleotide polymorphism, rs2814778, located at …