Understanding the role of neighborhood deprivation in racial disparities in triple-negative breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

US Black women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive subtype, as White women. Adverse neighborhood characteristics may contribute to the disparity. This study examined neighborhood deprivation in relation to TNBC, according to race and rurality.

Methods

The authors identified 40,095 non-Hispanic Black and White women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2010-2017 in the Georgia Cancer Registry. The Neighborhood Deprivation Index (NDI), a composite measure, was calculated using 2011-2015 block group-level American Community Survey data. County-level rurality was measured via Georgia Department of Public Health data. We estimated multivariable odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the asso

SUBMITTER: Barber LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12747153 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature