Breast cancer characteristics at diagnosis and survival among Arab-American women compared to European- and African-American women

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-346

  Hensley Alford, Sharon ^a,b   Schwartz, Kendra ^c   Soliman, Amr ^d   Johnson, Christine Cole ^a   Gruber, Stephen B ^d   Merajver, Sofia D ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab; Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Survival

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARAB; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 59449107276     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-9999-z     Document Type: Article

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