Karmanos Researchers Study the Impact of Galectin-3 on Breast Cancer Disparity in Caucasian and Asian Women

Researchers at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit have been studying racial disparities related to cancer patients. Today, at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, Karmanos researchers Vitaly Balan, Ph.D., Pratima Nangia-Makker, Ph.D., and Avraham Raz, Ph.D., presented their abstract, Galectin-3 nsSNP rs4644 Foretells Human Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Racial Disparity, exploring factors that suggest why Caucasian women have a significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer than Asian women. This research was done in collaboration with investigators from Karmanos Cancer Institute, in Michigan; Mayo Clinic, in Minnesota; and...

Want to see the full article?

• Purchase this article for only $3.00