Cancer statistics for African Americans, 2016: Progress and opportunities in reducing racial disparities

CE DeSantis, RL Siegel, AG Sauer… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the American Cancer Society provides the estimated number of new cancer
cases and deaths for blacks in the United States and the most recent data on cancer …

Racial/ethnic disparities in genomic sequencing

DE Spratt, T Chan, L Waldron, C Speers… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although poorly understood, there is heterogeneity in the molecular biology of
cancer across race and ethnicities. The representation of racial minorities in large genomic …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns and trends in age-specific black-white differences in breast cancer incidence and mortality–United States, 1999–2014

LC Richardson - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2016 - cdc.gov
Despite improvements in early detection and treatment for breast cancer, black women
continue to have the highest breast cancer mortality rate. Since 1975, black women have …

[HTML][HTML] Race-related differences in antibody responses to the inactivated influenza vaccine are linked to distinct pre-vaccination gene expression profiles in blood

R Kurupati, A Kossenkov, L Haut, S Kannan, Z Xiang… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We conducted a 5-year study analyzing antibody and B cell responses to the influenza A
virus components of the inactivated influenza vaccine, trivalent (IIV3) or quadrivalent (IIV4) in …

Impact of race, ethnicity, and BMI on achievement of pathologic complete response following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: a pooled analysis of four …

ET Warner, KV Ballman, C Strand, JC Boughey… - Breast cancer research …, 2016 - Springer
Previous studies demonstrated poor response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) for
breast cancer among black women and women who are overweight or obese, but this may …

[HTML][HTML] Differentially expressed miRNAs in triple negative breast cancer between African-American and non-Hispanic white women

B Sugita, M Gill, A Mahajan, A Duttargi, S Kirolikar… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), a clinically aggressive subtype of breast
cancer, disproportionately affects African American (AA) women when compared to non …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic and predictive factors in early, non-metastatic breast cancer

T Foukakis, J Bergh - Dizon Ed UpToDate, 2016 - medilib.ir
INTRODUCTION—The widespread application of adjuvant systemic therapy has reduced
mortality from breast cancer in the Western world [1-4]. Unfortunately, many patients are not …

Genomic profiling of breast cancer in African-American women using MammaPrint

RA Nunes, L Wray, M Mete, P Herbolsheimer… - Breast cancer research …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Breast cancer in African-American females (AAF) has a less favorable outcome
than that in Caucasians. More information is needed regarding its biology. We evaluated …

Nurses' use of race in clinical decision making

SL Sellers, ME Moss, K Calzone… - Journal of Nursing …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To examine nurses' self‐reported use of race in clinical evaluation. Design This
cross‐sectional study analyzed data collected from three separate studies using the …

Cancer stage in American Indians and Alaska natives enrolled in Medicaid

SV Adams, AN Burnett-Hartman, A Karnopp… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Nationally, a greater proportion of American Indians and Alaska Natives
(AI/ANs) are diagnosed with advanced-stage cancers compared with non-Hispanic whites …