Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Neighborhood Social and Built Environment on Breast Cancer Risk: The Neighborhoods and Breast Cancer Study

Conclusions: Our study provides empirical evidence for a role of neighborhood environments in breast cancer risk, specifically social and built environment attributes.
Impact: Considering the role of neighborhood characteristics among diverse populations may offer insights to understand racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(4); 541–52. ©2017 AACR.

Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Conroy, S. M., Shariff-Marco, S., Koo, J., Yang, J., Keegan, T. H. M., Sangaramoorthy, M., Hertz, A., Nelson, D. O., Cockburn, M., Satariano, W. A., Yen, I. H., Ponce, N. A., John, E. M., Gomez, S. L. Tags: CEBP Focus: Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences Source Type: research