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African-Americans with prostate cancer more likely to have family history of prostate, breast cancer

African-American men with prostate cancer were more likely to report a family history of prostate cancer and breast cancer among siblings than men who did not have prostate cancer, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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