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Racial Differences in Survival From Breast Cancer
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To the Editor. —I read with great interest the article by Dr Eley and colleagues1regarding racial differences in survival from breast cancer. This investigation is one of the most complete, well-designed, and well-conducted studies to determine the nature of racial differences in breast cancer survival. The data-collection methods, management of confounding factors, and statistical analyses were exceptional. I have a question for the authors regarding frequency matching of white subjects to black subjects by age. By matching (overmatching) on this important variable, possible comparisons of age as a factor in survival were eliminated. Several studies2-4have indicated significantly younger age at diagnosis in African-American women compared with white women, along with poorer survival rates, which may indicate basic biological differences between tumors in these two groups. Age may be a major explanatory variable in survival differences between races, in addition to or instead of those found in
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- Authors
- Joslyn, S. A.
- Venue
- JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1995-04-05
- Volume
- 273
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 1000
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2087462015
- Cited by
- 216
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 3.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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