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Breast Cancer

Findings in breast cancer provide new insights

Study 1: The effects of estrogen and tamoxifen on breast tumor gene expression have been further characterized.

"To explore the mechanisms whereby estrogen and antiestrogen (tamoxifen (TAM)) can regulate breast cancer cell growth," endocrinologists in France "investigated gene expression changes in MCF7 cells treated with 17beta-estradiol (E₂ ) and/or with 4-OH-TAM."

"The patterns of differential expression were determined by the ValiGen Gene IDentification (VGID) process, a subtractive hybridization approach combined with microarray...

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