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Race, nutritional status, and survival from breast cancer.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2231755     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The effects of nutritional status on differences in the survival of black and white women with breast cancer were studied in a cohort of 1,960 Georgia women diagnosed during 1975-1979. After data were adjusted for stage of disease, socioeconomic status, and other prognostic factors, poorer survival rates were shown in black women. Within each stage classification, lower levels of serum albumin and hemoglobin and higher relative body weight were more common among blacks and were independently associated with poorer survival. Among women with stage 3 disease, adjustment for these variables substantially reduced the excess mortality rate among blacks, suggesting that racial differences in survival may be partly explained by differences in nutritional status or extent of disease within stage.
Authors:
R J Coates; W S Clark; J W Eley; R S Greenberg; C M Huguley; R L Brown
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the National Cancer Institute     Volume:  82     ISSN:  0027-8874     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Natl. Cancer Inst.     Publication Date:  1990 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-12-10     Completed Date:  1990-12-10     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503089     Medline TA:  J Natl Cancer Inst     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1684-92     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
African Continental Ancestry Group*
Aged
Body Weight / physiology
Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology,  mortality*
Cohort Studies
Demography
European Continental Ancestry Group*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Nutritional Status / physiology*
Prognosis
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
N01-CN55131/CN/NCI NIH HHS; N01-CN55429/CN/NCI NIH HHS

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