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Race-associated biological differences among Luminal A breast tumors

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: African American (AA) women have higher breast-cancer specific mortality rates. A higher prevalence of the worse outcome Basal-like breast cancer subtype contributes to this, but AA women also have higher mortality even within the more favorable outcomes Luminal A breast cancers. These differences may reflect treatment or health care access issues, inherent biological differences, or both.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/kc1f-7b19

Authors: Troester, Melissa A., Fleming, Jodie, Kirk, Erin L., Perou, Charles M., Robinson, Whitney R., D’Arcy, Monica

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies

Subfield: Cancer Research

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health