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 …

Social determinants of Black-White disparities in breast cancer mortality: a review

MA Gerend, M Pai - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008 - AACR
Despite the recent decline in breast cancer mortality, African American women continue to
die from breast cancer at higher rates than do White women. Beyond the fact that breast …

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 …

Identifying risk factors for disparities in breast cancer mortality among African-American and Hispanic women

N Tian, P Goovaerts, FB Zhan, TE Chow… - Women's Health …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the risk factors associated with racial disparities in
female breast cancer mortality for African-American and Hispanic women at the census tract …

Racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer mortality: are we doing enough to address the root causes?

DJ Blackman, CM Masi - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Breast cancer is the most common noncutaneous malignancy and the second most lethal
form of cancer among women in the United States. Mortality from breast cancer has declined …

Black: white disparities in breast cancer mortality in the 50 largest cities in the United States, 2005–2014

BR Hunt, MS Hurlbert - Cancer epidemiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction This paper presents race-specific breast cancer mortality rates and the
corresponding rate ratios for the 50 largest US cities for each of the 5-year intervals between …

Breast cancer racial disparities: unanswered questions

FO Ademuyiwa, SB Edge, DO Erwin, H Orom… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Breast cancer is the most common noncutaneous cancer diagnosed in women in the United
States and is second only to lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer-related mortality …

The racial disparity in breast cancer mortality

S Whitman, D Ansell, J Orsi, T Francois - Journal of community health, 2011 - Springer
Black women die of breast cancer at a much higher rate than white women. Recent studies
have suggested that this racial disparity might be even greater in Chicago than the country …

Breast cancer statistics, 2015: Convergence of incidence rates between black and white women

CE DeSantis, SA Fedewa… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the American Cancer Society provides an overview of female breast cancer
statistics in the United States, including data on incidence, mortality, survival, and screening …

Breast cancer epidemiology in blacks and whites: disparities in incidence, mortality, survival rates and histology

CR Baquet, SI Mishra, P Commiskey, GL Ellison… - Journal of the National …, 2008 - Elsevier
Background This study presents black-white breast cancer statistics, tumor histology and
receptor status, and treatment patterns for all ages and by age groups (< 40, 40-49, and≥ …