Disparities in Breast Cancer Associated With African American Identity
| Autor: | Katia Khoury, Lisa A. Newman, Erica Stringer-Reasor, Melissa A. Simon, Ahmed Elkhanany |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Breast Neoplasms Context (language use) White People 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Pandemic medicine Humans Healthcare Disparities Pandemics SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Mortality rate Public health COVID-19 General Medicine medicine.disease Health equity Black or African American 030104 developmental biology Socioeconomic Factors 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Male breast cancer Female business |
| Zdroj: | American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book. :e29-e46 |
| ISSN: | 1548-8756 1548-8748 |
| Popis: | Persistent disparities in the burden of breast cancer between African Americans and White Americans have been documented over many decades. Features characterizing breast cancer in the African American community include a 40% higher mortality rate, younger age distribution, greater advanced-stage distribution, increased risk of biologically aggressive disease such as the triple-negative phenotype, and increased incidence of male breast cancer. Public health experts, genetics researchers, clinical trialists, multidisciplinary oncology teams, and advocates must collaborate to comprehensively address the multifactorial etiology of and remedies for breast cancer disparities. Efforts to achieve breast health equity through improved access to affordable, high-quality care are especially imperative in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its disproportionately high economic toll on African Americans. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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