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Race-associated biological differences among Luminal A breast tumors.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jul 2015
D'Arcy Monica, Fleming Jodie, Robinson Whitney R, Kirk Erin L, Perou Charles M, Troester Melissa A
Abstract excerpt
African-American (AA) women have higher breast cancer-specific mortality rates. A higher prevalence of the worse outcome Basal-like breast cancer subtype contributes to this, but AA women also have higher mortality even within the more favorable outcome Luminal A breast cancers. These differences may reflect treatment or health care access issues, inherent biological differences, or both. To identify potential...
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