Breast cancer and race: A rising tide does not lift all boats equally

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Polite, Blase N ^a   Olopade, Olufunmilayo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL CARE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 12744269520     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2005.0041     Document Type: Article

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