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10.12.2023 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Translational Epidemiology in Breast Cancer Research: Integrating Social and Biological Data to Understand Disparities
verfasst von:
Alexandra E. Hernandez, MD, MPH, Neha Goel, MD, MPH
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 3/2024
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Excerpt
Black women are twice as likely to have triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) compared with white women. Given that TNBC is a more aggressive subtype, this is an early and important cause of racial disparity in breast cancer survival.
1 Recent studies also have explored the impact of contextual factors, such as neighborhood-level income, on odds of TNBC compared with ER+/HER2− disease.
2 However, these studies have been limited in their ability to account for granular individual-level risk factors of TNBC and inclusion of a racially and ethnically diverse cohort. …