Breast Cancer Disparities Through the Lens of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorNewman, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorFejerman, Laura
dc.contributor.authorPal, Tuya
dc.contributor.authorMema, Eralda
dc.contributor.authorMcGinty, Geraldine
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Alex
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Mia
dc.contributor.authorMomoh, Adeyiza
dc.contributor.authorTroester, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Bryan
dc.contributor.authorMcNeil, Lorna
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorBabagbemi, Kemi
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Kelly
dc.contributor.departmentMedicine, School of Medicine
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-03T11:19:02Z
dc.date.available2024-04-03T11:19:02Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPurpose of review: The emergency medicine and critical care needs of the COVID-19 pandemic forced a sudden and dramatic disruption of cancer screening and treatment programs in the USA during the winter and spring of 2020. This review commentary addresses the impact of the pandemic on racial/ethnic minorities such as African Americans and Hispanic-Latina Americans, with a focus on factors related to breast cancer. Recent findings: African Americans and Hispanic-Latina Americans experienced disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality from COVID-19; many of the same socioeconomic and tumor biology/genetic factors that explain breast cancer disparities are likely to account for COVID-19 outcome disparities. Summary: The breast cancer clinical and research community should partner with public health experts to ensure participation of diverse patients in COVID-19 treatment trials and vaccine programs and to overcome COVID-19-related breast health management delays that are likely to have been magnified among African Americans and Hispanic-Latina Americans.
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dc.identifier.citationNewman L, Fejerman L, Pal T, et al. Breast Cancer Disparities Through the Lens of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Curr Breast Cancer Rep. 2021;13(3):110-112. doi:10.1007/s12609-021-00419-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/39714
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relation.isversionof10.1007/s12609-021-00419-x
dc.relation.journalCurrent Breast Cancer Reports
dc.rightsPublisher Policy
dc.sourcePMC
dc.subjectBreast cancer
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectClinical research
dc.subjectAfrican Americans
dc.subjectHispanic/Latina Americans
dc.titleBreast Cancer Disparities Through the Lens of the COVID-19 Pandemic
dc.typeArticle
ul.alternative.fulltexthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8344389/
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