Breast cancer disparities in outcomes; unmasking biological determinants associated with racial and genetic diversity

R Martini, L Newman, M Davis - Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2022 - Springer
Breast cancer (BC) remains a leading cause of death among women today, and mortality
among African American women in the US remains 40% higher than that of their White …

[PDF][PDF] Barriers to Implementing Clinical Pharmacogenetics Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Critical Review.

EB Tata, MA Ambele, MS Pepper - Precision Medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Clinical research in high-income countries is increasingly demonstrating the
costeffectiveness of clinical pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing in reducing the incidence of …

The impact of rare germline variants on human somatic mutation processes

M Vali-Pour, S Park, J Espinosa-Carrasco… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Somatic mutations are an inevitable component of ageing and the most important cause of
cancer. The rates and types of somatic mutation vary across individuals, but relatively few …

Genetic insights into carbohydrate sulfotransferase 8 and its impact on the immunotherapy efficacy of cancer

WC Chou, WT Chen, CT Kuo, YM Chang, YS Lu, CW Li… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is a promising therapy for solid tumors, but its
effectiveness depends on biomarkers that are not precise. Here, we utilized genome-wide …

KMT2C is a potential biomarker of prognosis and chemotherapy sensitivity in breast cancer

X Liu, R Qiu, M Xu, M Meng, S Zhao, J Ji… - Breast cancer research …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Epigenetic regulation plays critical roles in cancer progression, and high-frequency
mutations or expression variations in epigenetic regulators have been frequently observed …

Whole-genome analysis of Nigerian patients with breast cancer reveals ethnic-driven somatic evolution and distinct genomic subtypes

N Ansari-Pour, Y Zheng, TF Yoshimatsu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Black women across the African diaspora experience more aggressive breast cancer with
higher mortality rates than white women of European ancestry. Although inter-ethnic …

Landmark series: the cancer genome atlas and the study of breast cancer disparities

JA Johnson, BJ Moore, G Syrnioti, CM Eden… - Annals of Surgical …, 2023 - Springer
Race-related variation in breast cancer incidence and mortality are well-documented in the
United States. The effect of genetic ancestry on disparities in tumor genomics, risk factors …

RE: Supplemental magnetic resonance imaging plus mammography compared with magnetic resonance imaging or mammography by extent of breast density

OJ Omoleye, LJ Esserman… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The article in the Journal by Kerlikowske et al.(1) evaluates outcomes of breast cancer
screening for supplemental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plus mammography, MRI …

Targeted DNA sequencing of high‐grade serous ovarian carcinoma reveals association of TP53 mutations with platinum resistance when combined with gene …

P Holý, V Hlaváč, K Šeborová, S Šůsová… - … Journal of Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common subtype of ovarian
cancer and is among the most fatal gynecological malignancies worldwide, due to late …

Research silos in cancer disparities: Obstacles to improving clinical outcomes for underserved patient populations

A Richardson, B Darst, G Wojcik, N Wagle… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Despite much vaunted progress in cancer therapeutics and diagnostics, outcomes for many
groups of non-White patients with cancer remain worse than those for their White …