University of Hawaii Cancer Center: Researchers Study Aggressive Breast Cancer In Native Hawaiians And Pacific Islanders
January 21, 2023
January 21, 2023
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news:
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) women diagnosed with breast cancer have higher rates of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC), the most aggressive form of breast cancer, compared to other racial/ethnic populations in Hawaii. IBC is unresponsive to conventional breast cancer treatments due in part to an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), the ecosystem that surro . . .
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) women diagnosed with breast cancer have higher rates of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC), the most aggressive form of breast cancer, compared to other racial/ethnic populations in Hawaii. IBC is unresponsive to conventional breast cancer treatments due in part to an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), the ecosystem that surro . . .