European ancestry increases breast cancer risk among Latinas
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 07:14
in Health & Medicine
Latina women have a lower risk of breast cancer than European or African-American women generally, but those with higher European ancestry could be at increased risk, according to data published in the December 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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