Breast cancer research among African-American women: accurate racial categories?
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Abstract
This essay questions the appropriateness of racial categories in breast cancer research and recommends the discontinuation of "African-American" as a valid racial category in breast cancer research until better categories can be developed.
Medical subject headings
- Black or African American
- Biomedical Research
- Breast Neoplasms