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Breast Cancer
New findings in breast cancer described
November 3rd, 2005
Data on breast cancer are outlined in reports from the E-mail: preynold@dhs, Japan and South Korea. Study 1: Dioxin levels in breast adipose tissue was examined as a possible breast cancer risk factor. The objective of a study by scientists in the United States "was to evaluate the breast cancer risk associated with body burden levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs)." They "conducted a hospital-based case-control study among 79 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and 52 controls diagnosed with benign breast conditions." P. Reynolds and colleagues "collected breast...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-03)
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