Abstract P6-10-03: The association between type-2 diabetes and risk of mortality after invasive breast cancer among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women from New Mexico
Abstract:Background: Evidence suggests that the presence of Type-2 diabetes at the time of breast cancer diagnosis adversely affects survival independent of breast cancer stage, grade, and tumor phenotype. Few of these epidemiological studies have included Hispanic breast cancer survivors in whom diabetes and obesity are prevalent.
Objective: We examined the association between self-reported diabetes history, breast cancer-specific and all-cause mortality among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white (NHW) women… Show more
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