Ethnicity and breast cancer characteristics in Kenya

Ethnicity and Breastfeeding in Kenya

Breastfeeding bestows a myriad of nutritional and anti-infectious benefits to a child. However, despite recommendations by World Health Organization and countless other national and international organizations, many mothers terminate breastfeeding earlier than recommended. Current literature features numerous studies that have sought to determine patterns in sub-optimal feeding; however, these ...

Ethnicity and Breast Cancer Stage in Ontario

In high-income countries, breast cancer mortality has been declining since the early 1990s because of a combination of breast cancer awareness, screening, and improvements in treatment1–3. In Canada, a country with universal access to health care and longstanding breast cancer awareness and advocacy programs, rates of participation in breast screening have plateaued and remain below the target ...

Ethnicity and the Risk of Breast Cancer

the study of aaag repeat polymorphism in promoter of errg gene and its association with the risk of breast cancer in isfahan region

چکیده: سرطان پستان دومین عامل مرگ مرتبط با سرطان در خانم ها است. از آنجا که سرطان پستان یک تومور وابسته به هورمون است، می تواند توسط وضعیت هورمون های استروئیدی شامل استروژن و پروژسترون تنظیم شود. استروژن نقش مهمی در توسعه و پیشرفت سرطان پستان ایفا می کند و تاثیر خود را روی بیان ژن های هدف از طریق گیرنده های استروژن اعمال می کند. اما گروه دیگری از گیرنده های هسته ای به نام گیرنده های مرتبط به ا...

Breast cancer screening trends in the United States and ethnicity.

BACKGROUND The study objectives were to compare and examine mammography use trends among ethnic/racial women in the context of United States Healthy People 2010 goals. METHODS We analyzed pooled, multistage probability sample data from the 1996-2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Included in the sample were female respondents of ages 40 to 75 years (N = 64,811) from six ethnic/racial group...