Study Links African Ancestry To High Risk Breast Cancer

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    From Stltoday.com:

    A new study finds that African ancestry is linked to a more aggressive type of cancer that is more deadly.

    Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor found that, among women with breast cancer, 82 percent of African women had the breast cancer called “triple negative,” 26 percent of African-Americans had the variety, and 16 percent of white Americans had it.

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