The DNA damage repair landscape in Black women with breast cancer

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Background: Estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies in women irrespective of their race or ethnicity. While Black women with ER+ breast cancer are 42% more likely to die of their disease than White women, molecular mechanisms underlying this disparate outcome are understudied. Recent studies identify DNA damage repair (DDR) genes as a new class of...

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