Abstract:Background: A Palestinian woman with breast cancer only has 50% chance of being alive at five years. Lack of access to medical care is further complicated by political strife, checkpoints, and the need to file a permit for traveling even a short distance. Preliminary studies of Palestinian women under 40 with breast cancer show a low frequency of BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations. These studies suggest that there may be unique genetic, epigenetic, and environmental drivers of aggressive cancers in Palestinian women. Here … Show more
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