Explaining the aggressiveness of breast cancer in sub-Saharan African patients

J Clin Pathol. 2019 Oct;72(10):723-724. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2019-206071. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy.
² Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy lauro.bucchi@irst.emr.it.
³ Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale (AUSL) Imola, Imola, Italy.
⁴ Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania.

PMID: 31409610
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2019-206071

No abstract available

Keywords: breast cancer; immunohistochemistry; sub-Saharan Africa; tumour biology; tumour markers.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics
Biopsy
Black People / genetics
Breast Neoplasms / chemistry
Breast Neoplasms / ethnology
Breast Neoplasms / genetics
Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
Cell Proliferation
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Incidence
Neoplasm Grading
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Phenotype
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Tanzania / epidemiology

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor