Open AccessComparison of Breast Cancer Molecular Features and Survival by African and European Ancestry in The Cancer Genome Atlas
Author(s) -
Dezheng Huo,
Hai Hu,
Suhn K. Rhie,
Eric R. Gamazon,
Andrew D. Cherniack,
Jianfang Liu,
Toshio F. Yoshimatsu,
Jason J. Pitt,
Katherine A. Hoadley,
Melissa A. Troester,
Yuanbin Ru,
Tara M. Lichtenberg,
Lori A. Sturtz,
Carl Simon Shelley,
Christopher C. Benz,
Gordon B. Mills,
Peter W. Laird,
Craig D. Shriver,
Charles M. Perou,
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.846
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2374-2445
pISSN - 2374-2437
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0595
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , oncology , odds ratio , hazard ratio , cancer , cohort , confidence interval , gynecology
African Americans have the highest breast cancer mortality rate. Although racial difference in the distribution of intrinsic subtypes of breast cancer is known, it is unclear if there are other inherent genomic differences that contribute to the survival disparities.
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