title: Factors that affect breast cancer treatment: underserved and minority populations.
abstract: Breast cancer treatment in underserved populations continues to deviate from established guidelines. Significant barriers persist at the system, physician, and patient levels that ultimately may affect survival adversely. Successful strategies to reduce the disparities must be developed to improve outcomes in this population of women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Soft Tissue Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Street, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA. thelma.hurd@roswellpark.org
authors.forename: Thelma C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hurd
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008913:Minority Groups; D011159:Population Surveillance; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D014932:Women's Health Services