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