In a recent Article published in the December 15th ASCO POST,  Lina Baumbach-Reardon, PhD discussing Triple Negative Breast cancer reported differences of gene expression in 2 small cohorts of patients, one from Kenya and one from African Americans in the United States.   Given the size of the cohorts reported, no conclusion can really be drawn, but I agree that it is a teaser!

It also brings back to the surface many questions about where the African American population was pulled from originally and what kind of brassage or mix has occurred since then.  Recognition that patterns of Breast cancer mortality observed in African Americans  is similar to that of "Hispanic" populations, raises questions.  The Breast Cancer "incidence-Mortality paradox " is true for both populations.
Suffice is to say that there is more to find out.  Coming from the Congo, the CRBCM would push for this kind of studies if funds were allowed in the future. This brings up this: (from yahoo)
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   Congo-Kinshasa: African Union Holds Talks on 'Neutral Force' Wed, 09 Jan, 2013 02:27 AM PST
[African Union]Addis Ababa -As a follow-up to the recommendations of the consultative meeting on the operationalization of the security arrangements agreed to in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), held in Addis Ababa, on 27 and 28 December 2012, a ministerial meeting of the countries of the region and international partners took place at the African Union (AU) Headquarters, in Addis ...
UN Seeks Surveillance Drones for Eastern Congo
Wed, 09 Jan, 2013 02:12 AM PST
United Nations peacekeepers are asking the Security Council to support the use of surveillance drones in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous appealed to the council in a closed-door session Tuesday, seeking the drones to help the more than 17,000 peacekeepers in the country. Rebels briefly took control of the eastern city of Goma late last year after ... Rwanda opposes use of drones by the UN in eastern Congo
reuters.com Wed, 09 Jan, 2013 01:02 AM PST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rwanda on Tuesday opposed the use of surveillance drones in eastern Congo as proposed by the United Nations until there is a full assessment of their use, saying it did not want Africa to become a laboratory for foreign intelligence devices. Envoys said U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told the Security Council during a closed-door session that the U.N mission in ...

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