The Effect of Patient and Contextual Characteristics on Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality

Abstract

Background: Racial/ethnic disparity in breast cancer–specific mortality in the United States is well documented. We examined whether accounting for racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of clinical, patient, and lifestyle and contextual factors that are associated with breast cancer–specific mortality can explain this disparity.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2016
Source ID
10.1158/1055-9965.epi-15-1326

Entities

People

  • Allison W. Kurian
  • Anna H. Wu
  • Bette J. Caan
  • Cheryl Vigen
  • Esther M. John
  • Iona Cheng
  • Jocelyn Koo
  • Juan Yang
  • Kristine R. Monroe
  • Leslie Bernstein
  • Marilyn L Kwan
  • Richard Sposto
  • Salma Shariff-marco
  • Scarlett Lin Gomez
  • Theresa H.m. Keegan
  • Yani Lu

Organizations

  • California Breast Cancer Research Program
  • California Department of Health Care Services
  • National Cancer Institute
  • Public Health Institute
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of Southern California

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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