Prevalence of breast and ovarian cancer subtypes in Hispanic populations from Puerto Rico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous epidemiological studies aimed at describing characteristics of breast (BC) and ovarian cancer (OC) patients tend to examine Hispanic populations using a mix of individuals that come from ethnically different Hispanic backgrounds. Since most USA cancer statistics do not include cancer data from Puerto Rico (PR), there is a lack of historical and descriptive data analysis for Hispanic women in the island that suffer from these diseases. Therefore, the aim of our study is to provide a comprehensive clinicopathological characterization of BC and OC cases in PR.

Methods

Our study consisted of a longitudinal retrospective review of archived pathology reports at Southern Pathology Services (SPS), which mostly serves southwestern PR, from years 2000-2015. After f

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Velazquez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6260719 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature