Black patients who receive docetaxel for breast cancer experience less peripheral neuropathy than those who receive paclitaxel

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Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and the IU School of Medicine have discovered that Black patients with breast cancer who are treated with docetaxel experience less peripheral neuropathy. Their findings represent an important shift in knowledge about a patient population who’ve historically been underrepresented in breast cancer research.

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