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Breast Cancer - Genetics
BRCA1 Anti-Cancer Gene Studied
September 11th, 1995
Pregnancy kicks an anti-cancer gene into high gear in the breasts of mice, a study says, offering a possible clue to why women run a lower risk of breast cancer if they give birth early in life. If that notion is correct, it might lead to a risk-lowering treatment for women in general. Studies show that women who give birth at age 18 run about one-half to one-third the lifetime breast cancer risk of childless women, said researcher Lewis Chodosh of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The benefit declines the longer a woman waits to have a baby, and by age 30 it is gone. The murine study, by Chodosh and others,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-09-11)
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