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female scientist with a slide with a breast tumour

female scientist with a slide with a breast tumour

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female scientist looking at breast tumour sample

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Dr. Hany Abdel-Hafiz injects DNA into breast cancer cells growing in a medium in a petri dish. He is a research scientist working in Dr. Kate Horwitz's lab (doing breast cancer studies) at the CU-Health Sciences Center. (Photo By Lyn Alweis/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Dr. Hany Abdel-Hafiz injects DNA into breast cancer cells growing in a medium in a petri dish. He is a research scientist working in Dr. Kate Horwitz's lab (doing breast cancer studies) at the CU-Health Sciences Center.  (Photo By Lyn Alweis/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 18: Dr. Edward Sickles MD (R) and Larisa Gurilnik RT look at films of breast x-rays at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center August 18, 2005 in San Francisco, California. The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center continues to use the latest research and technology to battle cancer and was recently rated 16th best cancer center in the nation by US News and World Report. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 18:  Dr. Edward Sickles MD (R) and Larisa Gurilnik RT look at films of breast x-rays at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center August 18, 2005 in San Francisco, California. The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center continues to use the latest research and technology to battle cancer and was recently rated 16th best cancer center in the nation by US News and World Report.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)