Race/Ethnicity and Age Distribution of Breast Cancer Diagnosis in the United States

Sahael M Stapleton; Tawakalitu O Oseni; Yanik J Bababekov; Ya-Ching Hung; David C Chang

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0035

Race/Ethnicity and Age Distribution of Breast Cancer Diagnosis in the United States

JAMA Surg. 2018 Jun 1;153(6):594-595. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0035.

Authors

Sahael M Stapleton¹, Tawakalitu O Oseni¹, Yanik J Bababekov¹, Ya-Ching Hung¹, David C Chang¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Abstract

This study assesses the age distribution of breast cancer diagnosis across race/ethnicity in US female patients using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program database.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Age Distribution
Aged
Breast / diagnostic imaging*
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms / ethnology*
Ethnicity*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Racial Groups*
SEER Program*
United States / epidemiology