Melanie S Jefferson
Biographic Data
| ID | 8963657 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie S Jefferson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie S |
| FAMILY NAME | Jefferson |
| SIGNATURE | JEFFERSON M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medical University of South Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Exploring Loneliness,Social Factors, and Clinical Correlates of C-reactive Protein in African American Breast Cancer Survivors
IMPORTANCE: African American women experience disproportionately high breast cancer morbidity and mortality, including early onset, more aggressive tumor subtypes, and poorer survival outcomes. Chronic psychosocial stress has been shown to dysregulate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and sympathetic nervous system activity, promoting low-grade systemic inflammation and altering immune signaling within the tumor microenvironment. However, few s…
Association between Neighborhood Social Deprivation and Stage at Diagnosis among Breast Cancer Patients in South Carolina
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between neighborhood social deprivation and individual-level characteristics on breast cancer staging in African American and white breast cancer patients. We established a retrospective cohort of patients with breast cancer diagnosed from 1996 to 2015 using the South Carolina Central Cancer Registry. We abstracted sociodemographic and clinical variables from the registry and linked these d…
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Association between Neighborhood Social Deprivation and Stage at Diagnosis among Breast Cancer Patients in South Carolina
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between neighborhood social deprivation and individual-level characteristics on breast cancer staging in African American and white breast cancer patients. We established a retrospective cohort of patients with breast cancer diagnosed from 1996 to 2015 using the South Carolina Central Cancer Registry. We abstracted sociodemographic and clinical variables from the registry and linked these d…
Exploring Loneliness,Social Factors, and Clinical Correlates of C-reactive Protein in African American Breast Cancer Survivors
IMPORTANCE: African American women experience disproportionately high breast cancer morbidity and mortality, including early onset, more aggressive tumor subtypes, and poorer survival outcomes. Chronic psychosocial stress has been shown to dysregulate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and sympathetic nervous system activity, promoting low-grade systemic inflammation and altering immune signaling within the tumor microenvironment. However, few s…
Breast cancer (2 works) · Cancer (2 works) · African american (1 work) · C-reactive protein (1 work) · Cancer registry (1 work) · Cancer Risks and Factors (1 work) · Cancer survivorship and care (1 work) · Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies (1 work) · Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response (1 work) · Cohort (1 work)