Abstract:The Caribbean population is predominantly of African descent with an admixture of Indigenous, East Asian, Indian subcontinent, Western European and Middle Eastern descendants. This region has one of the highest burdens of cancer in the world, and breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Caribbean women. We established a cohort of 1,019 people diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer across 7 Caribbean countries (Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago)—Cari… Show more
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