Insulin resistance contributes to racial disparities in breast cancer prognosis in US women

EJ Gallagher, K Fei, SM Feldman, E Port… - Breast Cancer …, 2020 - Springer
Background Racial disparities in breast cancer survival between Black and White women
persist across all stages of breast cancer. The metabolic syndrome (MetS) of insulin …

High insulin levels in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients reflect underlying insulin resistance and are associated with components of the insulin resistance …

PJ Goodwin, M Ennis, M Bahl, IG Fantus… - Breast cancer research …, 2009 - Springer
Background High insulin levels have been associated with poor outcomes in breast cancer.
Our goal was to investigate whether hyperinsulinemia was associated with insulin …

Racial disparity in survival from estrogen and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer: implications for reducing breast cancer mortality disparities

GH Rauscher, A Silva, H Pauls, J Frasor… - Breast cancer research …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Non-Latina black breast cancer patients experience a shorter survival
from breast cancer than their non-Latina white counterparts. We compared breast cancer …

Racial disparities in survival outcomes among breast cancer patients by molecular subtypes

F Zhao, B Copley, Q Niu, F Liu, JA Johnson… - Breast cancer research …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Differences in tumor biology, genomic architecture, and health care delivery
patterns contribute to the breast cancer mortality gap between White and Black patients in …

Insulin resistance and breast cancer incidence and mortality in postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative

K Pan, RT Chlebowski, JE Mortimer, MJ Gunther… - Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Insulin resistance is associated with higher all‐cause and cancer‐specific
mortality in postmenopausal women. However, to the authors' knowledge, information …

Disparities in race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status: risk of mortality of breast cancer patients in the California Cancer Registry, 2000–2010

CA Parise, V Caggiano - BMC cancer, 2013 - Springer
Background Racial disparities in breast cancer survival have been well documented. This
study examines the association of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) on breast …

Race as an independent risk factor for breast cancer survival: breast cancer outcomes from the medical college of georgia tumor registry

CH Barcenas, J Wells, D Chong, J French… - Clinical breast …, 2010 - Elsevier
Background Causes of racial disparities in breast cancer survival remain unclear. This study
assesses overall survival (OS) after diagnosis between black and white women and …

Links between obesity, diabetes and ethnic disparities in breast cancer among Hispanic populations

R Lopez, P Agullo, R Lakshmanaswamy - Obesity reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy in women worldwide and is a growing
concern due to rising incidence and ongoing ethnic disparities in both incidence and …

Racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer survival: mediating effect of tumor characteristics and sociodemographic and treatment factors

ET Warner, RM Tamimi, ME Hughes… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To evaluate the relationship between race/ethnicity and breast cancer–specific
survival according to subtype and explore mediating factors. Patients and Methods …

The association between socioeconomic factors and breast cancer-specific survival varies by race

S Agarwal, J Ying, KM Boucher, JP Agarwal - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Although racial disparity is well described for oncologic outcomes, factors associated with
survival within racial groups remains unexplored. The objective of this study is to determine …