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Breast Cancer
Findings advance knowledge in breast cancer research
May 12th, 2005
Reports from the United States and Japan highlight recent research on breast cancer. Study 1: According to a study from the United States, "Estrogens play a crucial role in the causation and development of sporadic human breast cancer (BC)." "Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a defining trait of early human ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and is believed to precipitate breast oncogenesis. We reported earlier that 100% of female ACI (August/Copenhagen/Irish) rats treated with essentially physiological serum levels of 17beta-estradiol lead to mammary gland tumors with histopathologic, cellular, molecular, and ploidy changes remarkably similar to those...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-12)
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