ASO Author Reflections: Breast Cancer Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Patients

Affiliations

¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
² The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
⁴ Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Manila, Philippines.
⁵ Department of Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, Queens, NY, USA.
⁶ University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
⁷ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁸ Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
⁹ Olathe North High School, Olathe, KS, USA.
¹⁰ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY, USA.
¹² Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY, USA. deee1@mskcc.org.
¹³ Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. fchino@mdanderson.org.

^# Contributed equally.

Khushi Kohli et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;32(9):6682-6684.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-17510-7. Epub 2025 Jun 16.

¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
² The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
⁴ Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Manila, Philippines.
⁵ Department of Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, Queens, NY, USA.
⁶ University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
⁷ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁸ Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
⁹ Olathe North High School, Olathe, KS, USA.
¹⁰ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY, USA.
¹² Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY, USA. deee1@mskcc.org.
¹³ Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. fchino@mdanderson.org.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

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