This Family Provoked Breast Cancer Study that Has Important Results for African Americans (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

This Family Provoked Breast Cancer Study that Has Important Results for African Americans

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Heather Ochs-Balcom’s research linking new genetic anomalies to breast cancer in African-American families was spurred by Veronica Meadows-Ray, far right. Also pictured are, from left, Meadows-Ray’s aunt, Evelyn; Ochs-Balcom; and Meadows-Ray’s mother, Mary.

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Douglas Levere

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