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Breast Cancer
New findings in the area of breast cancer described
November 3rd, 2005
Investigators in the E-mail: Shumin and United States have published new breast cancer data. Study 1: Folate intake was examined for its role in risk reduction in certain breast cancers. "Folate plays an important role in DNA methylation, and aberrant methylation of the estrogen receptor (ER) gene may be related to the loss of ER gene expression in breast tumors," investigators in the United States report. "Thus, deficient folate status has been hypothesized to be associated primarily with ER gene-negative breast tumors, but data relating folate intake to breast cancer risk according to ER status are sparse." "A prospective cohort...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-03)
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