In 2012, Shariat's team calculated that about 575, 130 men and 457, 240 women would be diagnosed with a non-sex specific cancer.

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"This gap needs to be closed, " said Dr. Shahrokh Shariat from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, who worked on the study.

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Nicole Shariat Farb, a former vice president at Goldman Sachs, says the tech industry now offers the attributes that drew her to finance: the ability to have an impact and work with smart people.

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