PMID: 8610920May 15, 1996Paper

Breast cancer in black women

Annals of Internal Medicine
J Moormeier

Abstract

To review the current knowledge about breast cancer in black women--including epidemiology, risk factors, screening practices, pathology, clinical manifestations, treatment, and outcome--with emphasis on issues that might explain why the survival rate in this population of women is lower than that in white women. The MEDLINE database from 1966 to 1995 and the bibliographies of all related articles. Review articles and clinical studies related to all aspects of breast cancer in black women. The incidence of breast cancer is lower in black women (95.8 cases per 100 000 women) than in white women (112.7 cases per 100 000 women). Differences in reproductive factors may partially explain the lower risk for breast cancer among black women in the United States. Breast tumors in black women are consistently diagnosed at a more advanced stage of disease: Forty-two percent of black women present with cancer confined to the breast compared with 53% of white women. In addition, the cancers of black women tend to be more poorly differentiated and are less likely to be estrogen receptor positive. Treatment of breast cancer in black women appears to be similar to that in white women, but little is known about systemic therapy choices and effi...Continue Reading

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