Race, breast cancer subtypes, and survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study

LA Carey, CM Perou, CA Livasy, LG Dressler… - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextGene expression analysis has identified several breast cancer subtypes, including
basal-like, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 positive/estrogen receptor negative
(HER2+/ER–), luminal A, and luminal B. ObjectivesTo determine population-based
distributions and clinical associations for breast cancer subtypes. Design, Setting, and
ParticipantsImmunohistochemical surrogates for each subtype were applied to 496 incident
cases of invasive breast cancer from the Carolina Breast Cancer Study (ascertained …