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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Sex, gender, and sex hormones in pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure

J Hester, C Ventetuolo, T Lahm - Comprehensive Physiology, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) encompasses a syndrome of diseases that are characterized
by elevated pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular remodeling and that …

Disparities in breast cancer outcomes between Caucasian and African American women: a model for describing the relationship of biological and nonbiological …

DN Danforth Jr - Breast cancer research, 2013 - Springer
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in the United States but significant
disparities exist for African American women compared to Caucasian women. African …

Four polymorphisms in cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) gene and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis

TN Sergentanis, KP Economopoulos - Breast cancer research and …, 2010 - Springer
Cytochrome P450s are enzymes which catalyze Phase-I metabolism reactions; cytochrome
P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) is a member of the CYP1 family and participates in the metabolism of a …

Oestradiol metabolism and androgen receptor genotypes are associated with right ventricular function

CE Ventetuolo, N Mitra, F Wan… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Sex hormones are linked to right ventricular (RV) function, but the relationship between
genetic variation in these pathways and RV function is unknown. We performed a cross …

Emerging evidence for the role of differential tumor microenvironment in breast cancer racial disparity: a closer look at the surroundings

SK Deshmukh, SK Srivastava, N Tyagi… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Although increased awareness leading to early detection and prevention, as well as
advancements in treatment strategies, have resulted in superior clinical outcomes, African …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension and the sex hormone paradox

A Foderaro, CE Ventetuolo - Current hypertension reports, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Prevalence and outcome differences between women and men
with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) raise questions about the role of sex hormones …

Metabolomics analysis of hormone-responsive and triple-negative breast cancer cell responses to paclitaxel identify key metabolic differences

DA Stewart, JH Winnike, SL McRitchie… - Journal of proteome …, 2016 - ACS Publications
To date, no targeted therapies are available to treat triple negative breast cancer (TNBC),
while other breast cancer subtypes are responsive to current therapeutic treatment …

CYP3A4* 1B polymorphism and cancer risk: a HuGE review and meta-analysis

LP Zhou, F Yao, H Luan, YL Wang, XH Dong… - Tumor Biology, 2013 - Springer
Abstract CYP450 3A4 (CYP3A4), encoded by the CYP3A4 gene, is a major enzyme
catalyzing the metabolism of both endogenous and exogenous agents that may play a role …