Racial/Ethnic Differences in Breast Cancer Survival Among San Francisco Bay Area Women

Hsu et al's data demonstrate significant differences in the five-year relative survival from breast cancer among various racial/ethnic groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, including a lower overall relative survival in blacks which may be partly a consequence of a more advanced stage of diseas...

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Published in:JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1997-09, Vol.89 (17), p.1311-1312
Main Authors: Hsu, Joe L., Glaser, Sally L., West, Dee W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - ethnology
Breast Neoplasms - mortality
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
California - epidemiology
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Mammary gland diseases
Medical sciences
Minority & ethnic groups
Mortality
Neoplasm Staging
Race
Risk
San Francisco - epidemiology
Survival Rate
Tumors
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Summary:Hsu et al's data demonstrate significant differences in the five-year relative survival from breast cancer among various racial/ethnic groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, including a lower overall relative survival in blacks which may be partly a consequence of a more advanced stage of disease at diagnosis.
ISSN:0027-8874
1460-2105
DOI:10.1093/jnci/89.17.1311