Neighborhood Disadvantage, Built Environment, and Breast Cancer Outcomes: Disparities in Tumor Aggressiveness and Survival
Our findings underscore the dual role of neighborhood disadvantage and the built environmental in breast cancer outcomes. While neighborhood disadvantage and PM2.5 exposure elevate tumor aggressiveness, survival disparities may be mediated by other factors. Improved food environments may enhance survival in aggressive subtypes, highlighting the need for integrated interventions addressing socioeconomic inequities, environmental risks, and nutritional support needs.
Authors
- Roger T. Anderson
- Bernard F. Fuemmeler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3550-0107)
- Supraja Gururaj
- Hua Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-8695)
- Harry D. Bear (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7632-9019)
- Qian Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2520-0012)
- Xin Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8355-4217)
- Yufan Guan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2579-0044)
- Jie Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-2040)
- Kai Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6818-377X)
Institutions
- University of North Texas (US)
- University of North Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancers
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17091502
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.00