Breast Cancer
Racial differences in severity of breast cancer presentation confirmed
Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, July 23rd, 2007
African-American women are diagnosed with more advanced breast cancer than Caucasians, according to a new, single hospital study. Published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study analyzed demographic and breast cancer data from a single institution’s registry, and confirmed that African-Americans are more likely to present with later stage and higher grade tumors compared to Caucasians.
In addition, tumors from African-Americans contain more poor prognostic molecular characteristics than Caucasians. This preliminary study, according to the authors, “also illustrates that data available in our registry reflects national trends in...
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