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Autor:
Dejana Braithwaite, Rosemary D. Cress, Danielle Rodriguez, Robert A. Hiatt, Ingrid Oakley-Girvan, David H. Rehkopf, Dee W. West
Publikováno v:
Cancer Causes & Control. 30:697-706
There are clearly documented inequalities in cancer incidence by socioeconomic position, but it is unclear whether this is due primarily to differences in tobacco exposure and screening practices or to other factors. Our study included 741,373 incide
Publikováno v:
Cancer Causes & Control. 30:395-408
PURPOSE: Racial/ethnic minorities are often assumed to be less willing to participate in and provide biospecimens for biomedical research. We examined racial/ethnic differences in enrollment of women with breast cancer (probands) and their first-degr
Autor:
Ava Kwong, Enders Kai On Ng, Chris Lei Po Wong, Fian Bic Fai Law, Tommy Au, Hong Nei Wong, Allison W Kurian, Dee W West, James M Ford, Edmond Siu Kwan Ma
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 9, p e43994 (2012)
Ethnic variations in breast cancer epidemiology and genetics have necessitated investigation of the spectra of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in different populations. Knowledge of BRCA mutations in Chinese populations is still largely unknown. We conduct
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https://doaj.org/article/d0a9db5aeab14d2687cf33eb25ecb75c
Autor:
Lynne R. Wilkens, Jane C. Figueiredo, Fredrick R. Schumacher, Mala Pande, Christopher A. Haiman, Krista A. Zanetti, Robert W. Haile, Ikuko Kato, Lisa B. Signorello, Sonja I. Berndt, David V. Conti, Temitope O. Keku, Terrilea Burnett, Polly A. Newcomb, Hansong Wang, Daniel O. Stram, Stephanie L. Schmit, Dee W. West, Loic Le Marchand, Curtis C. Harris, Julie R. Palmer, William J. Blot, David Van Den Berg
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Cancer. 140:2728-2733
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in ethnic/racial minority populations can help to fine-map previously identified risk regions or discover new risk loci because of the genetic diversity in these populations. We conducted a GWAS of colorectal ca
Autor:
Alison J. Canchola, Meera Sangaramoorthy, Dee W. West, Esther M. John, Alice S. Whittemore, Jocelyn Koo
Publikováno v:
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
Background: Few studies have evaluated accuracy of self-reported family history of breast and other cancers in racial/ethnic minorities. Methods: We assessed the accuracy of cancer family history reports by women with breast cancer (probands) from th
Association of Breast Cancer Knowledge With Receipt of Guideline-Recommended Breast Cancer Treatment
Publikováno v:
Journal of Oncology Practice. 12:e613-e625
Purpose: Knowledge about one’s breast cancer characteristics is poor, but whether this knowledge affects treatment is uncertain. Among women with breast cancer, we examined whether tumor knowledge was associated with adjuvant treatment receipt. Met
Autor:
Nancy L. Keating, Ann H. Partridge, Elena M. Kouri, Rachel A. Freedman, Dee W. West, Joyce Lii, Shoshana M. Rosenberg
Publikováno v:
Clinical Breast Cancer. 16:105-112
The reasons for increasing rates of bilateral mastectomy for unilateral breast cancer are incompletely understood, and associations of disease stage with bilateral surgery have been inconsistent. We examined associations of clinical and sociodemograp
Autor:
Xiangyan Xu, Michael K. Gould, Christelle Clément-Duchêne, Ellen T. Chang, Shannon Stock, Heather A. Wakelee, Dee W. West, Scarlett Lin Gomez
Publikováno v:
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 13:58-66
Differences in patient characteristics and outcomes have been observed among current, former, and never-smokers with lung cancer, but most prior studies included few never-smokers and were not prospective.We used data from a large, prospective study
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 121:724-732
BACKGROUND Understanding tumor characteristics is likely important, but little is known about breast cancer patients' knowledge of their own disease. The authors assessed women's knowledge about their tumor characteristics, whether racial/ethnic disp
Autor:
Timothy, Styles, Manxia, Wu, Reda, Wilson, Frances, Babcock, David, Butterworth, Dee W, West, Lisa C, Richardson
Publikováno v:
Journal of registry management. 41(3)
National and international hematology/oncology practice guidelines recommend testing for the BCR-ABL mutation for definitive diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) to allow for appropriate treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). The pu