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Publikováno v:
Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 2, Iss C, Pp 517-523 (2015)
Background: African women have lower use of cancer screening services compared to women born in the United States yet empirical data are limited about their cancer screening attitudes. Objective: To examine factors that are associated with higher end
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https://doaj.org/article/622b0d8fbc1e4ccca0d4f081718a5367
Publikováno v:
Preventive Medicine Reports
Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 2, Iss C, Pp 517-523 (2015)
Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 2, Iss C, Pp 517-523 (2015)
Background African women have lower use of cancer screening services compared to women born in the United States yet empirical data are limited about their cancer screening attitudes. Objective To examine factors that are associated with higher endor
Autor:
Asma Dilawari, Fikru Hirpa, Claudine Isaacs, Suzanne C O'Neill, Vanessa B. Sheppard, Sara Horton
Publikováno v:
Clinical Breast Cancer. 15:e83-e92
Background In women with early stage, hormone receptor (HR)-positive (HR + ) breast cancer, the 21-gene recurrence score (RS) assay quantifies recurrence risk and predicts chemotherapy responsiveness. Recent data suggest that not all women with early
Autor:
Kepher H. Makambi, Fikru Hirpa, Felicia Snead, Regina M. Hampton, Samuel C. Onyewu, Sara Horton, Shawna C. Willey, Marc E. Boisvert, Echo J. Brathwaite, Bridget A. Oppong, Vanessa B. Sheppard
Publikováno v:
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 22:2902-2911
Delays to surgical breast cancer treatment of 90 days or more may be associated with greater stage migration. We investigated racial disparities in time to receiving first surgical treatment in breast cancer patients. Insured black (56 %) and white (
Publikováno v:
Psycho-Oncology. 23:143-150
Objectives Limited research exists on correlates of psychosocial distress in Black breast cancer patients. The goals of the study were to describe the prevalence of distress (anxiety and depression) in Black women with breast cancer and to examine th
Autor:
Felicity W. K. Harper, Karen L. Smith, Vanessa B. Sheppard, Jeanne S. Mandelblatt, Yvonne Jennings, Minetta C. Liu, Felicia Snead, Sara Horton, Marc E. Boisvert, Claudine Isaacs, Fikru Hirpa, George Luta, Shawna C. Willey
Publikováno v:
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 139:207-216
Chemotherapy improves breast cancer survival but is underused more often in black than in white women. We examined associations between patient-physician relationships and chemotherapy initiation and timeliness of initiation among black and white pat
Autor:
Samuel C. Onyewu, Felicia Snead, Fikru Hirpa, Kepher H. Makambi, Echo Brathwaite, Vanessa B. Sheppard, Bridget Oppong
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 32:6576-6576
6576 Background: Stage migration may be associated with delays in surgical breast cancer treatment >90 days. Although it is not recommended to have a 3-month span from diagnosis to definitive surgi...
Autor:
Fikru Hirpa, Mahlet G. Tadesse, Melissa G. Butler, Felicity W. K. Harper, Vanessa B. Sheppard, Claudine Isaacs
Publikováno v:
Cancer Prevention Research. 6:B19-B19
Background: The advent of adjuvant hormonal therapy has greatly improved breast cancer survival in women with hormonal receptor (HR) positive breast cancer. Unfortunately, racial disparities have been noted in both the uptake of adjuvant hormonal the
Autor:
Fikru Hirpa, Chiranjeev Dash, Bridget A. Oppong, Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, Elizabeth Dennis, Vanessa B. Sheppard
Publikováno v:
Cancer Research. 73:140-140
PURPOSE: Weight gain after a breast cancer diagnosis is associated with cancer recurrence, worse cancer prognosis, higher comorbidity, and increased likelihood of inaccurate chemotherapy dose reductions during treatment. This health problem is especi