Racial differences in pathologic complete response rate and clinical outcomes following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
Ashley Matusz-Fisher, Chad A. Livasy, Erin E. Donahue, Lejla Hadzikadic-Gusic, Ashley Y. Martin, Michelle L. Wallander, Brittany Neelands, Dhvani Buch, Alicia Griffin, Arielle L. Heeke, Antoinette R. Tan, Richard L. White · 2026
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Ashley Matusz-Fisher and co-authors compare chemo results by race in early breast cancer. Chemo before surgery can erase all visible tumor, a result tied to better outcomes. The team reviewed over five hundred patients treated at one center across eight years. They asked whether that full response, and survival, split by race.
White patients reached full response more often than Black patients. The gap widened in the triple negative subtype, the hardest form. Overall survival was also lower for Black patients, while time free of return did not split clearly. The authors say the response gap may feed the survival gap, but more work is needed to explain both.
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| CREATOR | Ashley Matusz-Fisher, Chad A. Livasy, Erin E. Donahue, Lejla Hadzikadic-Gusic, Ashley Y. Martin, Michelle L. Wallander, Brittany Neelands, Dhvani Buch, Alicia Griffin, Arielle L. Heeke, Antoinette R. Tan, Richard L. White |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |