Black-White Disparities in Breast Cancer Subtype: The Intersection of Socially Patterned Stress and Genetic Expression

Black-White Disparities in Breast Cancer Subtype: The Intersection of Socially Patterned Stress and Genetic Expression

Hormone receptor negative (HR-) breast cancer subtypes are etiologically distinct from the more common, less aggressive, and more treatable form of estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer. Numerous population-based studies have found that, in the United States, Black women are 2 to 3 times mo...

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Main Authors: Erin Linnenbringer, Sarah Gehlert, Arline T. Geronimus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2017-11-01
Series:AIMS Public Health
Subjects:
breast cancer
health disparities
social environment
social genomics
weathering
Online Access:http://www.aimspress.com/aimsph/article/1714/fulltext.html

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