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Racial Differences In Breast Carcinoma Survival

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Age, Breast carcinoma, Histology, Hormone receptors, Race, Stage, Surveillance, Survival

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Cancer

Volume

88

Issue

1

First Page

114

Last Page

123

Abstract

BACKGROUND. Survival after breast carcinoma diagnosis is significantly worse among African American women for reasons unknown. The purpose of this study was to update reports on the National Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program and to examine the effect of race on breast carcinoma survival. METHODS. Subjects were 135,424 women diagnosed with primary breast carcinoma between 1988-1995. Patient age, tumor stage at the time of diagnosis, hormone receptor status, tumor histology, menopausal status, and survival were compared by race category. RESULTS. African American women diagnosed with breast carcinoma (n = 11,159) had a significantly increased risk of death from breast carcinoma and from all cancers compared with white women (n = 124,265), independent of the effects of other predictor variables. African American women were significantly younger at the time of diagnosis, with approximately 33% of the population age ≤ 50 years, compared with slightly

Department

School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services

Original Publication Date

1-1-2000

DOI of published version

10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(20000101)88:1<114::AID-CNCR16>3.0.CO;2-J

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