## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Despite mounting evidence that breast tumors in AfricanβAmerican (AA) women are more aggressive compared with breast tumors in white (W) women, little is known regarding racial/ethnic differences in genetic alterations that may be of prognostic importance. ## METHODS In
African-American/White differences in breast carcinoma : p53 alterations and other tumor characteristics
β Scribed by Andrew K. Joe; Hanina Hibshoosh
- Book ID
- 102109262
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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