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Trends in Breast Cancer by Race and Ethnicity

  1. Ms. Asma Ghafoor MPH1,
  2. Dr. Ahmedin Jemal DVM, PhD2,
  3. Dr. Elizabeth Ward PhD3,
  4. Dr. Vilma Cokkinides PhD, MSPH4,
  5. Dr. Robert Smith PhD5,
  6. Dr. Michael Thun MD, MS6

Article first published online: 23 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.53.6.342

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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volume 53, Issue 6, pages 342–355, November/December 2003

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Ghafoor, A., Jemal, A., Ward, E., Cokkinides, V., Smith, R. and Thun, M. (2003), Trends in Breast Cancer by Race and Ethnicity. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 53: 342–355. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.53.6.342

Author Information

  1. 1

    Ghafoor is Epidemiologist, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

  2. 2

    Jemal is Program Director, Cancer Occurrence, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

  3. 3

    Ward is Director, Surveillance Research, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

  4. 4

    Cokkinides is Program Director, Risk Factor Surveillance, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

  5. 5

    Smith is a Director of Cancer Screening, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

  6. 6

    Thun is Vice President for Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, and Associate Editor for CA

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