Considerations in Narrowing the Breast Cancer Mortality Gap Between Black and White Women

Lauren E McCullough; Maret L Maliniak; Leah Moubadder

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.4420

Considerations in Narrowing the Breast Cancer Mortality Gap Between Black and White Women

JAMA Oncol. 2023 Dec 1;9(12):1613-1615. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.4420.

Authors

Lauren E McCullough^{1

2}, Maret L Maliniak¹, Leah Moubadder¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 37856137
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.4420

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses 3 key measures of population-based surveillance along with areas for future investigation to reduce racial disparities in breast cancer mortality.

MeSH terms

Black or African American
Breast Neoplasms* / mortality
Female
Health Status Disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
United States
White

Grants and funding

R01 CA259192/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States