Triple Negative Breast Cancer, "I Won't Back Down!": "LaTonia Taliaferro-Smith, PhD - "She Not Only Wanted To Have The Answers For My Sister, But Black Women in General"

Sunday, November 4, 2012

"LaTonia Taliaferro-Smith, PhD - "She Not Only Wanted To Have The Answers For My Sister, But Black Women in General"

"LaTonia Taliaferro-Smith, PhD, a researcher at Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University is working hard in finding a cure for cancer. Eight women in her husband's family have been diagnosed with breast cancer. She specializes on triple negative breast cancer, a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer that disproportionately affects black women and Latino women."

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Researcher takes her breast cancer work personally - Health/Science - NewsObserver.com
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The Discriminatory Cancer
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