Native American ancestry linked to greater risk of relapse in young leukemia patients

Sunday, February 6, 2011 - 16:20 in Health & Medicine

The first genome-wide study to demonstrate an inherited genetic basis for racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival linked Native American ancestry with an increased risk of relapse in young leukemia patients.

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