[HTML][HTML] Population differences in breast cancer: survey in indigenous African women reveals over-representation of triple-negative breast cancer

D Huo, F Ikpatt, A Khramtsov, JM Dangou… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
D Huo, F Ikpatt, A Khramtsov, JM Dangou, R Nanda, J Dignam, B Zhang, T Grushko…
Journal of clinical oncology, 2009ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Compared with white women, black women experience a disproportionate burden
of aggressive breast cancer for reasons that remain unknown and understudied. In the first
study of its kind, we determined the distribution of molecular subtypes of invasive breast
tumors in indigenous black women in West Africa.
Abstract
Purpose
Compared with white women, black women experience a disproportionate burden of aggressive breast cancer for reasons that remain unknown and understudied. In the first study of its kind, we determined the distribution of molecular subtypes of invasive breast tumors in indigenous black women in West Africa.
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