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Home / Health Conditions / Triple Negative Breast Cancer / Dr. Lisa Newman: Black Women & Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Dr. Lisa Newman: Black Women & Triple Negative Breast Cancer

African American women have the highest risk of triple negative breast cancer. Dr. Lisa Newman, leading breast cancer expert and Director of the Breast Oncology Program at Henry Ford Cancer Institute, discusses what all Black women must know and her groundbreaking research in Ghana.

By Derrick Lane | Published February 17, 2017

February 17, 2017 by Team BlackDoctor.org

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