Breast Cancer

Racial and ethnic differences in the biology of breast cancer tumors

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 20th, 2007

Scientists from the National Cancer Institute are looking into the racial and ethnic differences in the biology of breast cancer tumors and are presenting their findings this week at the American Association for Cancer Research conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, being held November 27-30 in Atlanta.

While observed differences in breast cancer survival between African-American and Caucasian women are often attributed to disparities in socio-demographic and access to healthcare factors, recent studies have shown that, even when accounting for these factors, African-American women still fare...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-12-20)

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