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The aggressive cancer that targets young African women

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive and harder to treat type of breast cancer. And it is common among young African women, African American women and Latinos. It is rarer among women of European descent. The triple negative breast cancer lacks any of the three common receptors found in breast cancer cells. The three receptors commonly found in breast cancer cells, but not in this specific kind of cancer are:

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