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| Dr. Lisa Newman |
"We are very interested in looking at whether or not African ancestry in and of itself might actually predispose women to a biologically more aggressive form of breast cancer, such as the triple negative breast cancer."
Sixty percent of Ghanaian women who have breast cancer have triple negative breast cancer, according to Newman.
"Western sub-Saharan Africa is an important geographic location to focus on because that's where many of the slave colonies were located several hundred years ago," says Newman.
http://surgery.med.umich.edu/news/?p=743http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.triple.negative.cancer/index.html
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"The study, published in Cancer, finds women in Ghana are more likely than American women to test negative for each of the three markers. Among women with breast cancer the largest percentage testing triple negative were the African women -- 82 percent -- followed by African-American women -- 26 percent -- and white American women -- 16 percent."
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/07/26/Blacks-have-higher-breast-cancer-risk/UPI-92151280184542/#ixzz1xcBKeF8C
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| Dr. Lisa Newman |
Lisa A. Newman, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery and Director, University of Michigan Breast Care Center
University of Michigan Health Systems
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
3308 CGC SPC 5932
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5932
e-mail: lanewman@umich.edu