Feb 12, 2018 | Journal Publications
CHAS Fellow Olufunmilayo I. Olopade set out to evaluate the performance of existing breast cancer predictions models among women of African ancestry. Termed flip-flop (change in direction of the risk association), it means that a variant is risk factor in one...
Oct 25, 2017 | Announcements, eNews
POLICY BRIEFS: Closing the Gap in Breast Cancer Care; Guideposts for Smart Decarceration; Intimate Partner Violence, HIV, and Migration; ANNOUNCEMENTS: CHAS Fellow Elected to National Academy of Medicine; CHAS Supports the 2nd National Smart Decarceration Initiative...
Oct 19, 2017 | Journal Publications
When compared to white women, African American women are less likely to be diagnosed by breast cancer, but more likely to die from it. Moreover, decreases in national rates of breast cancer-related mortality have historically been seen in white populations years...
