Increased risk for second primary malignancies in women with breast cancer diagnosed at young age: a population-based study in Taiwan

KD Lee, SC Chen, CH Chan, CH Lu, CC Chen… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008 - AACR
Studies conducted in Western countries have reported excess risks for second primary
malignancies after breast cancer. However, there is little documentation of ethnic differences …

Relationship between tumor DNA methylation status and patient characteristics in African-American and European-American women with breast cancer

S Wang, TH Dorsey, A Terunuma, RA Kittles, S Ambs… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Aberrant DNA methylation is critical for development and progression of breast cancer. We
investigated the association of CpG island methylation in candidate genes and …

Metabolic syndrome and the risk of breast cancer and subtypes by race, menopause and BMI

DT Dibaba, D Braithwaite, T Akinyemiju - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to investigate the association of metabolic syndrome (MetS)
with the risk of invasive breast cancer and molecular subtypes across race, menopause, and …

Associations between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon–Related Exposures and p53 Mutations in Breast Tumors

I Mordukhovich, P Rossner Jr, MB Terry… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Previous studies have suggested that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
may be associated with breast cancer. However, the carcinogenicity of PAHs on the human …

Whole-genome analysis of Nigerian patients with breast cancer reveals ethnic-driven somatic evolution and distinct genomic subtypes

N Ansari-Pour, Y Zheng, TF Yoshimatsu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Black women across the African diaspora experience more aggressive breast cancer with
higher mortality rates than white women of European ancestry. Although inter-ethnic …

Health disparities across the breast cancer continuum

KE Reeder-Hayes, SB Wheeler, DK Mayer - Seminars in oncology nursing, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To provide a brief overview of disparities across the spectrum of breast cancer
incidence, treatment, and long-term care during the survivorship period. Data Sources …

Breast cancer: a neglected disease for the majority of affected women worldwide

OM Ginsburg, RR Love - The breast journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress with declines in mortality in some high‐income countries has obscured the
fact that for the majority of women worldwide who are newly diagnosed, breast cancer is a …

Higher incidence of aggressive breast cancers in African-American women: a review

GJ Morris, EP Mitchell - Journal of the National Medical Association, 2008 - Elsevier
Despite a lower incidence of breast cancers in African Americans than in Caucasians,
mortality rates from breast cancer are higher in African Americans. This review summarizes …

LMTK3 expression in breast cancer: association with tumor phenotype and clinical outcome

J Stebbing, A Filipovic, IO Ellis, AR Green… - Breast cancer research …, 2012 - Springer
Interactions between kinases and the estrogen receptor α (ERα) are thought to be a critical
signaling pathway in the majority of human breast cancers. We have recently identified a …

African American-preponderant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and risk of breast cancer

I Kato, M Cichon, CL Yee, S Land, JF Korczak - Cancer epidemiology, 2009 - Elsevier
Background: African American women more often present with more aggressive types of
breast cancer than Caucasian women, but little is known whether genetic polymorphisms …