Is Breast Cancer in Asian and Asian American Women a Different Disease?

Editorial

Scarlett Lin Gomez et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 1;111(12):1243-1244.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djz091.

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Contrasting Epidemiology and Clinicopathology of Female Breast Cancer in Asians vs the US Population.
Lin CH, Yap YS, Lee KH, Im SA, Naito Y, Yeo W, Ueno T, Kwong A, Li H, Huang SM, Leung R, Han W, Tan B, Hu FC, Huang CS, Cheng AL, Lu YS; Asian Breast Cancer Cooperative Group. Lin CH, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 Dec 1;111(12):1298-1306. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djz090. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019. PMID: 31093668 Free PMC article.

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