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New research into the ‘exomes’ of over 44,000 people uncovered many with cancer-causing genes that were otherwise not detected
The mutations were linked to heightened risks for colon, breast and ovarian cancers
People from minority groups may be especially prone to missing out on quality genetic screening
Worth mentioning the human reference genome.
There are known problems for non-white people. There are plenty of resources online about it, here’s my first hit on ddg.