Why do postmenopausal African-American women not benefit from overall breast cancer mortality decline?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-190

  Tyczynski, Jerzy E ^a,b   Hill, Teresa D ^a,b   Berkel, Hans J ^a,b  

^a Cancer Prevention Institute Dayton   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Mortality; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; OHIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33144459284     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. A. Jemal, R. Tiwari, T. Murray, A. Ghafoor, A. Samuels, and E. Ward Cancer statistics, 2004 CA Cancer J Clin 54 2004 8 29
2. K. Chu, R. Tarone, and L. Kessler Recent trends in US breast cancer incidence, survival, and mortality rates J Natl Cancer Inst 88 1996 1571 1579
3. A. Ghafoor, A. Jemal, E. Ward, V. Cokkinides, R. Smith, and M. Thun Trends in breast cancer by race and ethnicity CA Cancer J Clin 53 2003 342 355
4. A. Jemal, L. Clegg, and E. Ward Annual report to the Nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2001, with a special feature regarding survival Cancer 101 2004 3 27
5. R. Tarone, K. Chu, and L. Gaudette Birth cohort and calendar period trends in breast cancer mortality in the United States and Canada J Natl Cancer Inst 89 1997 251 256
6. K. Chu, R. Tarone, and O. Brawley Breast cancer trends of black women compared with white women Arch Fam Med 8 1999 521 528
7. J. Lacey, S. Devesa, and B. LA Recent trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality Environ Mol Mutagen 39 2002 82 88
8. American Cancer Society Ohio Cancer Facts & Figures 2003 2003 American Cancer Society, Ohio Division Dublin, OH
9. National Cancer Institute. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute SEER*Stat Software, 2004.
10. N.E. Breslow, and N.E. Day Statistical Methods in Cancer Research. Volume II - The Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies 1987 International Agency for Research on Cancer Lyon
11. H.-J. Kim, M. Fay, E. Feuer, and D. Midthune Permutation tests for joinpoint regression with applications to cancer rates Statist Med 19 2000 335 351
12. National Cancer Institute. Joinpoint Regression Program: National Cancer Institute, 2002.
13. J. Esteve International study of time trends. Some methodological considerations Ann N Y Acad Sci 609 1990 77 84
14. D. Clayton, and E. Schifflers Models for temporal variation in cancer rates. I: Age-Period and Age-Cohort Models Stat Med 6 1987 449 467
15. D. Clayton, and E. Schifflers Models for temporal variation in cancer rates. II: Age-Period-Cohort Models Stat Med 6 1987 469 481
16. C. Hermon, and V. Beral Breast cancer mortality rates are leveling off or beginning to decline in many western countries: analysis of time trends, age-cohort and age-period models of breast cancer mortality in 20 countries Br J Cancer 73 1996 955 960
17. J. Botha, F. Bray, R. Sankila, and D. Parkin Breast cancer incidence and mortality trends in 16 European countries Eur J Cancer 39 2003 1718 1729
18. J.E. Tyczynski, I. Plesko, and T. Aareleid Breast cancer mortality patterns and time trends in 10 new EU member states: Mortality declining in young women, but still increasing in the elderly Int J Cancer 112 2004 1056 1064
19. Ohio Department of Health Cancer incidence among Ohio residents 2000 2004 Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System Columbus
20. A. Miller, T. To, C. Baines, and C. Wall The Canadian National Breast Screening Study-1: Breast Cancer Mortality After 11 To 16 Years of Follow-Up. A randomized screening trial of mammography in women age 40 to 49 years Ann Intern Med 137 2002 305 312
21. K. Fiscella, P. Franks, and S. Meldrum Estimating racial/ethnic disparity in mammography rates: it all depends on how you ask the question Prev Med 39 2004 399 403
22. K. Gill, and B. Yankaskas Screening mammography performance and cancer detection among Black women and white women in community practice Cancer 100 2004 139 148
23. E. McCarthy, R. Burns, and S. Coughlin Mammography use helps to explain differences in breast cancer stage at diagnosis between older Black and white women Ann Intern Med 128 1998 729 736
24. M. De Jesus, M. Fujita, K. Kim, and A. Goldson Retrospective analysis of breast cancer among young African American females Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 78 2003 81 87
25. D. Henson, K. Chu, and P. Levine Histologic grade, stage, and survival in breast carcinoma Cancer 98 2003 908 917
26. M.E. Peek, and J.H. Han Disparities in screening mammography: Current status, interventions and implications J Gen Intern Med 19 2004 184 194
27. A. Jones, L. Caplan, and M. Davis Racial/ethnic differences in the self-reported use of screening mammography J Comm Health 28 2003 303 316
28. B.A. Jones, E.A. Patterson, and L. Calvocoressi Mammography screening in African American women: evaluating the research Cancer 97 2003 258 272
29. P. Porter, M. Lund, and M. Lin Racial differences in the expression of cell cycle-regulatory proteins in breast carcinoma Cancer 100 2004 2533 2542
30. C. Li, J. Daling, and K. Malone Incidence if invasive breast cancer by hormone receptor status from 1992 to 1998 J Clin Oncol 21 2003 28 34
31. F. Ademuyiwa, and O. Olopade Racial differences in genetic factors associated with breast cancer Cancer Metastasis Rev 22 2003 47 53
32. S. Joslyn Racial differences in treatment and survival from early-stage breast carcinoma Cancer 95 2002 1759 1766
33. V. Shavers, and M. Brown Racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of cancer treatment J Natl Cancer Inst 94 2002 334 357
34. B. Wojcik, M. Spinks, and S. Optenberg Breast carcinoma survival analysis for African American and white women in an equal-access health care system Cancer 82 1998 1310 1318
35. M. Roach 3rd, C. Cirrincione, and D. Budman Race and survival from breast cancer: based on Cancer and Leukemia Group B trial 8541 Cancer J Sci Am 3 1997 107 112
36. J. Dignam, C. Redmont, B. Fisher, J. Constantino, and B. Edwards Prognosis among African-American women and white women with lymph node negative breast carcinoma: Findings from two randomized clinical trials of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) Cancer 80 1997 80 90
37. L.A. Newman, H.M. Kuerer, and K.K. Hunt Local recurrence and survival among Black women with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conservation therapy or mastectomy Ann Surg Oncol 6 1999 241 248
38. J. Dignam Efficacy of systemic adjuvant therapy for breast cancer in African American and Caucasian women J Natl Cancer Inst 30 2001 36 43
39. J. Griggs, M. Sorbero, A. Stark, S. Heiniger, and A. Dick Racial disparity in the dose and dose intensity of breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 81 2003 21 31
40. J. Mandelblatt, J. Hadley, and J. Kerner Patterns of breast carcinoma treatment in older women: Patient preference and clinical and physical influences Cancer 89 2000 561 573
41. K. McDavid, T. Tucker, A. Sloggett, and M. Coleman Cancer survival in Kentucky and health insurance coverage Arch Intern Med 163 2003 2135 2144
42. A. Okunade, and M. Karakus Mortality from breast carcinoma among US women: The role and implications of socio-economics, heterogeneous insurance, screening mammography, and geography Health Care Management Science 6 2003 237 248
43. M. MacDowell, L. Guo, and A. Short Preventive health services use, lifestyle health behavior risk, and self-reported health status of women in Ohio by ethnicity and completed education status Women's Health Issues 12 2002 96 102
44. D. Dorsky, W. Ramsini, and J. Pearsol Health Insurance Coverage Of Ohio Adults and Children, 1999-2001 2003 Ohio Department of Health Columbus, OH
45. D. Dorsky, W. Ramsini, and F. Holtzhauer A profile of Ohioans without health insurance 2000 Ohio Department of Health Columbus
46. D. Dorsky Health Insurance Coverage For Elderly Ohioans, 1999-2001 2003 Ohio Department of Health Columbus, OH
47. The Medicare Program. Medicaid's Role For Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; 2002.
48. CDC. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: CDC.
49. American Cancer Society Ohio Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2002 2002 American Cancer Society, Ohio Division Dublin
50. S. Underwood Reducing the burden of cancer borne by African Americans: If not now, when? Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prev 12 Suppl 2003 270s 276s