Tag: AfricanAmerican

Articles

• African-American breast cancer patients can improve their breast cancer outcomes
• How can we protect our daughters from breast cancer? - Childhood and puberty
• How can we protect our sons from breast cancer?
• How can young breast cancer survivors avoid a recurrence?
• Inflammatory breast cancer
• Latest research concerning benign fibrocystic breast disease and breast cancer
• Latest research concerning triple negative breast cancer prognosis
• Male breast cancer characteristics, treatment and prognosis
• Prognosis of African Americans and Latinas with triple negative breast cancer
• Reasons to have regular screening mammograms starting at age 40
• What should inflammatory breast cancer patients and survivors eat?

News

• African ancestry is associated with triple negative breast cancer subtype
• African-American and Latina women more likely to start chemotherapy late
• African-American women experience a higher risk of second breast cancer after DCIS
• African-Americans at greater risk of progression from benign breast disease to breast cancer
• African-Americans receiving less optimal treatment for early-stage breast cancer
• Black women less likely to survive ER+/PR+ breast cancer - what to do
• Breast cancer type and survival statistics 1999-2004
• Delay in radiation treatment for breast cancer increases risk of local recurrence
• Does living near power lines increase risk of breast cancer?
• Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression associated with worse breast cancer prognosis
• Expression of insulin-like growth factor II may help explain different African-American survival
• Human breast cancer virus may contribute to inflammatory and other breast cancer
• Inappropriate omission of radiation after breast-conserving surgery is becoming more common
• Low circulating vitamin D is associated with more aggressive breast cancer
• Male breast cancer survival is influenced by age, tumor size, ER status and lymph node involvement
• Metformin reduces risk of ER+/PR+ breast cancer in postmenopausal women
• Nigerian breast cancer patients have high rates of BRCA mutations
• Not giving birth reduces risk of triple negative breast cancer
• Oral contraceptive use increases risk of ER-/PR- breast cancer among African-Americans
• Patterns of breast cancer in Black women suggest mammograms should start in 40s
• Predictors of failure to respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
• Recent improvements in breast cancer survival do not extend to old women
• Risk of second primary breast cancer highest in hormone receptor negative survivors
• Smoking is associated with younger age at breast cancer diagnosis
• Tea and coffee are not linked to overall breast cancer risk among African Americans
• Tumor response to anti-estrogen treatment before surgery is influenced by BMI and race
• Vegetables can reduce risk of hormone receptor negative breast cancer in African Americans
• Vitamin D levels often low even in breast cancer survivors taking supplements

Studies

• 5-Lipoxygenase and 5-Lipoxygenase-Activating Protein Gene Polymorphisms, Dietary Linoleic Acid, and Risk for Breast Cancer
• A Case-Control Study of Oral Contraceptive Use and Incident Breast Cancer
• A comprehensive evaluation of outcomes for inflammatory breast cancer
• Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Using Brachytherapy for Breast Cancer: Patterns in Utilization and Guideline Concordance
• African ancestry and higher prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer: findings from an international study
• Apigenin augments the growth inhibitory effects of doxorubicin in breast cancer cells derived from African American patients
• Association between race and BMI with response to neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women with large estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers
• Basal-like breast cancer: Single-institution study of the incidence, risk factors, and clinical characteristics in a predominantly minority population
• Black Race Is Associated with a Worse Outcome in Patients with Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2-Normal Breast Cancer Treated with Adjuvant Chemohormonal Therapy
• Black-white differences in receipt and completion of adjuvant chemotherapy among breast cancer patients in a rural region of the US
• Breast cancer in woman younger than age 35 in Tunisia: Comparative analysis between inflammatory and noninflammatory breast cancer
• Breast Cancer Subtypes as Defined by the Estrogen Receptor (ER), Progesterone Receptor (PR), and the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) among Women with Invasive Breast Cancer in California, 1999-2004
• Breastfeeding reduces breast cancer risk: a case-control study in Tunisia
• Characteristics Associated with the Initiation of Radiation Therapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery among African American and White Women Diagnosed with Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Maryland, 2000-2006
• Characteristics of triple-negative metastatic breast cancer among older adults: A population-based analysis
• Childhood Hair Product Use and Earlier Age at Menarche in a Racially Diverse Study Population: A Pilot Study
• Delays in Adjuvant Chemotherapy Treatment Among Patients With Breast Cancer Are More Likely in African American and Hispanic Populations: A National Cohort Study 2004-2006
• Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in women participating in the Black Women’s Health Study
• Differential insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) expression: A potential role for breast cancer survival disparity
• Disease-free probability after the first primary ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a comparison between African-American and White-American women
• Ethnic disparity of treatment initiation in women diagnosed with breast cancer
• Frequency and Type of Seafood Consumed Influence Plasma (n-3) Fatty Acid Concentrations
• Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Relation to Risk of Breast Cancer in the Black Womens Health Study
• Genetic Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes and Breast Cancer Risk in Women of European and African Ancestry
• High prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in unselected Nigerian breast cancer patients
• Higher population-based incidence rates of triple-negative breast cancer among young african-american women : implications for breast cancer screening recommendations
• History of Smoking is Associated with Younger Age at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
• Human mammary tumor virus in inflammatory breast cancer
• Impact of race and health insurance on delays in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in the District of Columbia
• Improvement in Breast Cancer Outcomes Over Time: Are Older Women Missing Out?
• Influence of Garlic (Allium sativum) on the Pharmacokinetics of Docetaxel
• Intrinsic Breast Tumor Subtypes, Race, and Long-Term Survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study
• Male breast cancer in veteran population: Retrospective analysis of VACCR database
• Male breast carcinoma in United States: Survival rate and determinants of prognosis
• Metformin and breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal diabetic women in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)
• Obesity and Survival Among Black Women and White Women 35 to 64 Years of Age at Diagnosis With Invasive Breast Cancer
• Omission of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery in the United States
• Oral Contraceptive Use and Estrogen/Progesterone Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer among African American Women
• Parity and lactation in relation to ER-/PR- breast cancer in African American women
• Parity and Lactation in Relation to Estrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer in African American Women
• Phenolic compound profile of selected vegetables frequently consumed by African Americans in the southeast United States
• Physical activity at age 12 and adult breast cancer risk
• Potential Impact of USPSTF Recommendations on Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
• Predictors of timing of adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with hormone receptor-negative, stages II-III breast cancer
• Predictors of Tumor Progression During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
• Race and Ethnicity are Associated with Delays in Breast Cancer Treatment (2003-2006)
• Race and Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Outcomes in a Randomized Chemotherapy Trial
• Racial disparities in breast cancer mortality in a multiethnic cohort in the Southeast
• Racial variation in breast cancer treatment among department of defense beneficiaries
• Recurrence pattern in early-stage breast cancer in a minority cohort
• Reproductive History and Oral Contraceptive Use in Relation to Risk of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• Risk factors for breast cancer from benign breast disease in a diverse population
• Risk of a Second Breast Cancer Associated with Hormone-Receptor and HER2/neu Status of the First Breast Cancer
• Structural/organizational characteristics of health services partly explain racial variation in timeliness of radiation therapy among elderly breast cancer patients
• Subtypes, race and long-term survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study
• The Association between Prognostic Demographic and Tumor Characteristics of Breast Carcinomas with Serum 25-OH Vitamin D Levels
• The identification and treatment of isolated tumor cells reflect disparities in the delivery of breast cancer care
• Use of Electric Bedding Devices and Risk of Breast Cancer in African-American Women
• Vitamin D Deficiency in Post-Menopausal Breast Cancer Survivors