Young black women have a higher frequency of BRCA mutations than previously reported

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers recently conducted the largest U.S. based study of BRCA mutation frequency in young black women diagnosed with breast cancer at or below age 50 and discovered they have a much higher BRCA mutation frequency than that previously reported among young white women with breast cancer.

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