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News · 06-01-2017, 08:22 PM

A genetic test that helps doctors determine how best to treat breast cancer-;and whether chemotherapy is likely to help- is significantly more likely to be administered to white women than blacks or Hispanics, a Yale study has found.

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News Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 18,959	Yale researchers find racial and ethnic disparities in use of genetic test for breast A genetic test that helps doctors determine how best to treat breast cancer-;and whether chemotherapy is likely to help- is significantly more likely to be administered to white women than blacks or Hispanics, a Yale study has found. More...