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Biologic, demographic, and social factors affecting triple negative breast cancer outcomes.
Clinical journal of oncology nursing - 1 Feb 2015
Turkman Yasemin E, Sakibia Opong Adomah, Harris Lyndsay N, Knobf M Tish
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype that disproportionately affects women who are African American, younger, or carriers of the BRCA1 gene. No targeted treatments exist for the disease, which has distinct features and presents unique challenges to patients who have been diagnosed with it. OBJECTIVES: TNBC is reviewed in this article according to incidence, tumor...
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