Journal article
Ethnicity, Immunity, and Outcomes: Biology versus Socioeconomic Status
ART Bergin, R Salgado, S Loi
Cancer Immunology Research | AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH | Published : 2023
Abstract
Substantial advances in our understanding of breast cancer disease biology have led to marked improvements in cancer outcomes over the past two decades. These advances have largely focused on women from developed, high-income countries and as a result, significant disparities exist. In this issue, Bauer and colleagues provide new insight into the breast cancer immune microenvironment from women across geographic regions in sub-Saharan Africa, despite inherent infrastructure limitations. The study amassed data from 1,497 women from sub-Saharan Africa, and 117 women from Germany with breast cancer, suggesting regional variation in immune composition but with no significant prognostic impact. T..
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Funding Acknowledgements
& nbsp;A.R.T. Bergin is supported by funding from the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) Alliance, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Foundation and the National Health and Medical Council of Australia (NHMRC) -funded Centre of Research Excellence in Targeted Approaches To Improve Cancer Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (TACTICS; #1153027) . R. Salgado is supported by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF, grant nr. 17-194) . S. Loi is supported by the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia (NBCF) (APP ID: EC-17-001) , the BCRF New York (APP ID: BCRF-21-102) , and an NHMRC Investigator Grant (APP ID: 1162318) .