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Breast cancer gene mutation more common in Hispanic, young black women, Stanford/NCCC study finds

A genetic mutation already known to be more common in Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients is also prevalent in Hispanic and young African-American women with breast cancer, according to one of the largest, multiracial studies of the mutation to date.

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