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Cancer Virus
Study Suggests Some Tumors May Be Spread By Sex
May 26th, 1997
A new study finding a tumor protein not made by human cells has raised suspicions that some cancers of the breast and female reproductive system may be triggered by a virus and spread sexually. Viruses are known to cause other types of cancer. The sexually transmitted papilloma virus leads to cervical cancer. A virus causes breast cancer in mice, so scientists have long suspected the same could be true in humans. But evidence has been elusive. A research team led by Eva Rakowicz-Szulczynska of the University of Nebraska Medical Center studied tumors in more than 1,000 American and Polish women and reported the findings at a meeting of the American...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-05-26)
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