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African-American race is associated with a poorer overall survival rate for breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy and doxorubicin-based chemotherapy†

  1. Wendy A. Woodward MD, PhD1,
  2. Eugene H. Huang MD1,
  3. Marsha D. McNeese MD1,
  4. George H. Perkins MD1,
  5. Susan L. Tucker MD2,
  6. Eric A. Strom MD1,
  7. Lavinia Middleton MD3,
  8. Karin Hahn MD4,
  9. Gabriel N. Hortobagyi MD4,
  10. Thomas A. Buchholz MD1,‡,*

Article first published online: 23 OCT 2006

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22281

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 107, Issue 11, pages 2662–2668, 1 December 2006

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Woodward, W. A., Huang, E. H., McNeese, M. D., Perkins, G. H., Tucker, S. L., Strom, E. A., Middleton, L., Hahn, K., Hortobagyi, G. N. and Buchholz, T. A. (2006), African-American race is associated with a poorer overall survival rate for breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy and doxorubicin-based chemotherapy. Cancer, 107: 2662–2668. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22281

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  2. 2

    Department of Biomathematics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  4. 4

    Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  1. ‡

    Fax: (713) 794-5579

*Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcolmbe Blvd., Unit 97, Houston, TX 77030

  1. †

    Presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, December 3ndash;6, 2003.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 NOV 2006
  2. Article first published online: 23 OCT 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 AUG 2006
  4. Manuscript Revised: 22 AUG 2006
  5. Manuscript Received: 3 MAY 2006

Funded by

  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Numbers: CA16672, T32CA77050
  • Nellie B. Connally Breast Cancer Research Fund
  • Arlette and William Colmen Foundation
  • Stanford and Joan Alexander Foundation, Houston, Texas

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