A new study has shown racial disparity regarding breast cancer. According to the findings, black women are prone to get this disease but the exact reasons for this mystery are unknown.
Black women are comparatively heavier and researchers believe that this fact might provide some explanation to the mystery.
“This has been an important question,” said Susan M. Gapstur of the American Cancer Society, who wasn’t involved in the new work.
Earlier studies have also associated obesity to breast cancer but this relationship is not properly tested yet.
The latest study, promulgated in Journal of Clinical Oncology, is the most comprehensive till now.
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