Breast Cancer Research

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Triple-negative breast cancers are increased in black women regardless of age or body mass index

Lesley A Stead1, Timothy L Lash1,2, Jerome E Sobieraj1, Dorcas D Chi1, Jennifer L Westrup1, Marjory Charlot1, Rita A Blanchard1, John C Lee3, Thomas C King3 and Carol L Rosenberg1,3*

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1 Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, 650 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA

2 Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Talbot Building, Boston, MA 02118, USA

3 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, 650 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA

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Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:R18 doi:10.1186/bcr2242

Published: 25 March 2009

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