Large, pervasive, and persistent racial inequalities exist in the onset, courses, and outcomes
of illness. A comprehensive understanding of the patterning of racial disparities indicates …

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, divisible into a variable number of clinical
subtypes. A fundamental question is how many etiological classes underlie the clinical …

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Abstract Background: Age–period–cohort (APC) analysis can inform registry-based studies
of cancer incidence and mortality, but concerns about statistical identifiability and …

This paper provides an overview of racial variations in health and shows that differences in
socioeconomic status (SES) across racial groups are a major contributor to racial disparities …

Context For the last 50 years, overall age-standardized incidence rates for noncardia gastric
cancer have steadily declined in most populations. However, overall rates are summary …

Results Of all breast cancers, men with breast cancer make up less than 1%. Male
compared with female breast cancers occurred later in life with higher stage, lower grade …

Background Tuberculosis, as a communicable disease, is an ongoing global epidemic that
accounts for high burden of global mortality and morbidity. Globally, with an estimated 10 …

Background The incidence of breast cancer increased in the United States until circa 2000
then decreased, mostly among women with estrogen receptor (ER)–positive cancers. Time …

Background Breast cancer incidence is higher among black women than white women
before age 40 years, but higher among white women than black women after age 40 years …