Abstract:Introduction Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer related deaths in women worldwide; however, significant disparities are evident in the epidemiology of breast cancer subtypes and clinical outcomes of different racial/ethnic groups. African Americans are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer—a disparity that is partially explained by genetic predisposition to early onset breast cancer and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive subtype linked to West African ancestry and associated … Show more
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