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Breast Cancer
The offspring's or father's genotypes may predict mother's breast cancer risk
April 22nd, 2003
The offspring's or father's genotypes may predict mother's breast cancer risk. According to recent research from the United States, "Half of the placental genes to which a woman is exposed during pregnancy come from her mating partner. "Placental hormones, especially human chorionic gonadotropin and human placental lactogen, are considered to mediate the protective effects of full-term pregnancy and lactation on breast cancer risk. In this paper, variants in a woman's placental human chorionic gonadotropin or human placental lactogen genes, which are easily measurable through her offspring's genotypes, are associated with her breast cancer risk,"...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-04-22)
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