Epidemiology, biology, and treatment of triple-negative breast cancer in women of African ancestry

AM Brewster, M Chavez-MacGregor… - The Lancet Oncology, 2014 - thelancet.com
Breast cancer incidence is increasing worldwide, and breast cancer-related mortality is
highest in women of African ancestry, who are more likely to have basal-like or triple …

The many faces of obesity and its influence on breast cancer risk

T Agurs-Collins, SA Ross, BK Dunn - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Obesity is associated with increased risk of breast and other cancers. However, the
complexity of the underlying mechanisms, together with the interplay of diet and physical …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer risk from modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors among women in Southeast Asia: a meta-analysis

RD Nindrea, T Aryandono… - Asian Pacific journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine breast cancer risk from modifiable and non-
modifiable factors among women in Southeast Asia. Methods: This meta-analysis was …

Obesity, body fat distribution, and risk of breast cancer subtypes in African American women participating in the AMBER Consortium

EV Bandera, U Chandran, CC Hong… - Breast cancer research …, 2015 - Springer
African American (AA) women are more likely than white women to be obese and to be
diagnosed with ER− and triple-negative (TN) breast cancer, but few studies have evaluated …

[HTML][HTML] Racial and ethnic disparities in the impact of obesity on breast cancer risk and survival: a global perspective

EV Bandera, G Maskarinec, I Romieu, EM John - Advances in Nutrition, 2015 - Elsevier
Obesity is a global concern, affecting both developed and developing countries. Although
there are large variations in obesity and breast cancer rates worldwide and across …

[HTML][HTML] The obesity and the risk of breast cancer among pre and postmenopausal women

AAF Gravena, TCR Lopes… - Asian Pacific journal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and the
obesity is one of the factors related to the risk of breast cancer mainly in postmenopausal …

Association of body mass index, central obesity, and body composition with mortality among black breast cancer survivors

EV Bandera, B Qin, Y Lin, N Zeinomar, B Xu… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Obesity disproportionately affects Black women, who also have a higher risk of
death after a breast cancer diagnosis compared with women of other racial/ethnic groups …

Harnessing nutrition and physical activity for breast cancer prevention and control to reduce racial/ethnic cancer health disparities

EV Bandera, CM Alfano, B Qin, DW Kang… - American Society of …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
There are well-known racial/ethnic disparities in the prevalence of obesity and physical
inactivity, as well as breast cancer risk and survival. However, most of the current scientific …

Prevalence, risk factors, and trajectories of sleep disturbance in a cohort of African-American breast cancer survivors

BD Gonzalez, SL Eisel, B Qin, AAM Llanos… - Supportive care in …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Sleep disturbance may be an overlooked modifiable risk factor for health disparities
among African-American breast cancer survivors (AABCS). This study aimed to identify the …

Prediagnostic allostatic load as a predictor of poorly differentiated and larger sized breast cancers among black women in the women's circle of health follow-up study

CY Xing, M Doose, B Qin, Y Lin, JJ Plascak… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2020 - AACR
Background: Few studies have empirically tested the association of allostatic load (AL) with
breast cancer clinicopathology. The aim of this study was to examine the association of AL …