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Key Facts About Your Cancer

Medically Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, MS, DO on January 13, 2023

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SOURCES: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: "Health and Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer."
Breast Cancer Research Foundation: "Black Women and Breast Cancer: Why Disparities Persist and How to End Them,"
"Where Racial Disparities Persist in Breast Cancer Care."
National Cancer Institute: "Cancer Stat Facts: Female Breast Cancer."

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