
CancerFebruary 24, 2025
Genetic Discoveries Could Reduce Black Women’s Higher Breast Cancer Death Risk
Women with African ancestry have often been left out of breast cancer studies. Now scientists are catching up
Leah Small is a Richmond, Va.–based freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, the New York Times, Virginia Public Media and other outlets.

Genetic Discoveries Could Reduce Black Women’s Higher Breast Cancer Death Risk
Women with African ancestry have often been left out of breast cancer studies. Now scientists are catching up

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