Open AccessDifferences in the mutational landscape of triple-negative breast cancer in African Americans and Caucasians
Author(s) -
Foluso O. Ademuyiwa,
Tao Yu,
Jingqin Luo,
Katherine N. Weilbaecher,
X. Cynthia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
breast cancer research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.908
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1573-7217
pISSN - 0167-6806
DOI - 10.1007/s10549-016-4062-y
Subject(s) - triple negative breast cancer , breast cancer , medicine , oncology , triple negative , cancer , biology , genetics
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) occurs at higher frequency in African Americans compared with Caucasians. It is unclear if the biology of TNBC is different in African American versus Caucasians. In this study, we sought to evaluate racial differences in the molecular pathology of TNBC.