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Breast Cancer
Premenopausal women with elevated androgen levels are at higher cancer risk
June 9th, 2005
A new study has found that premenopausal women who had elevated blood levels of the androgens testosterone or androstenedione or low levels of progesterone had an increased risk of breast cancer. Sex steroids have been implicated in the development of breast cancer. Studies have shown that postmenopausal women who have elevated blood levels of androgens of adrenal and/or ovarian origin or of estrogens have an increased risk of breast cancer. Studies of premenopausal women, however, have produced unclear results. To examine the relationship between premenopausal blood concentrations of sex steroids and subsequent breast cancer risk, Rudolf Kaaks, of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-09)
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