Racial disparities in breast cancer: from detection to treatment

JC Chen, DG Stover, TJ Ballinger, JG Bazan… - Current oncology …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Update on current racial disparities in the detection and
treatment of breast cancer. Recent Findings Breast cancer remains the leading cause of …

Molecular profiling of a real-world breast cancer cohort with genetically inferred ancestries reveals actionable tumor biology differences between European ancestry …

M Miyashita, JSK Bell, S Wenric, E Karaesmen… - Breast Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Endocrine-resistant HR+/HER2-breast cancer (BC) and triple-negative
BC (TNBC) are of interest for molecularly informed treatment due to their aggressive natures …

[HTML][HTML] Factors Affecting Pathological Complete Response in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Cases Receiving Neoadjuvant Therapy: A Comprehensive Literature …

M Alamoodi - European Journal of Breast Health, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Determining pathological complete response (pCR) could be an important step in planning
individual treatment, hence improving the prognosis in terms of survival. Achieving breast …

Race, gene expression signatures, and clinical outcomes of patients with high-risk early breast cancer

B Kyalwazi, C Yau, MJ Campbell… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There has been little consideration of genomic risk of recurrence by breast
cancer subtype despite evidence of racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes. Objective …

Stromal heterogeneity may explain increased incidence of metaplastic breast cancer in women of African descent

B Kumar, AS Khatpe, J Guanglong, K Batic… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The biologic basis of genetic ancestry-dependent variability in disease incidence and
outcome is just beginning to be explored. We recently reported enrichment of a population of …

Response to treatment, racial and ethnic disparity, and survival in patients with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the US

S Shubeck, F Zhao, FM Howard, OI Olopade… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance With the increasing delivery of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for patients
with breast cancer in the US, it is important to know whether there is differential response to …

The impact of race and age on response to neoadjuvant therapy and long-term outcomes in Black and White women with early-stage breast cancer

E Terman, J Sheade, F Zhao, FM Howard… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose There are a paucity of data and a pressing need to evaluate response to
neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and determine long-term outcomes in young Black …

Validation of the RSClin risk calculator in the National Cancer Data Base

AGL Vannier, A Dhungana, F Zhao, N Chen… - Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Guidelines recommend the use of genomic assays such as OncotypeDx to aid
in decisions regarding the use of chemotherapy for hormone receptor–positive, HER2 …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-derived tumor organoids with p53 mutations, and not wild-type p53, are sensitive to synergistic combination PARP inhibitor treatment

FPM Rowdo, G Xiao, GF Khramtsova, J Nguyen… - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) are used for patients with BRCA1/2
mutations, but patients with other mutations may benefit from PARPi treatment. Another …

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pathologic Complete Response and Overall Survival in Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant …

HE Woriax, SM Thomas, JK Plichta… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Black women have higher rates of death from triple-negative breast cancer
(TNBC) than White women. We hypothesized that pathologic complete response (pCR) to …