Women of African descent have a lower incidence of breast cancer than their white counterparts; however, the overall age-adjusted breast cancer mortality rates are higher. They also present at a younger age, and have more advanced disease that exhibits ...
Breast cancer incidence and mortality vary among different populations. African–American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American women have lower incidence but higher mortality compared with non-Hispanic white women. Explanations for the observed variation ...
New prognostic tests, such as gene-expression profiling (GEP) of breast tumors, are expected to prolong survival and improve the quality of life for many breast cancer patients. In this article, we argue that GEP has not been adequately validated in ...