Black women have a higher risk of breast cancer than white women  

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Dobson, Roger

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 336 no. 7636 (Jan. 2008), page 116.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Black women in Britain develop breast cancer up to 21 years earlier than white women. They are seen at a median age of 46—four years before routine NHS screening for the disease starts—compared with 67 for white women, according to the first published data on breast cancer presentation in black women (British Journal of Cancer; doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604174). Among women with smaller tumours (less than 2 cm), black women were nearly three times as likely to die of their disease (hazard ratio 2.90, 95% CI 0.98 to 8.60, P=0.05). "Our findings could have major implications for the biology of breast cancer and the detection and treatment of the disease in black women," say the authors. "It is crucial to target this group of women to raise their awareness regarding the risks of breast cancer, the likelihood of early age at presentation, and the importance of self-examination." The authors, from . . .

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