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Breast Cancer
Pregnancy hormones may influence rate of women with postbirth breast cancer
March 2nd, 2006
Pregnancy hormones may influence the higher rate of women diagnosed with post-birth advanced breast cancer. "Breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy or 1 to 2 years after birth often occurs at a late stage. Little is known about tumor characteristics in the high-risk period shortly after a childbirth," noted scientists at the University of Bergen G. Albrektsen and colleagues stated, "We explore[d] whether stage of disease differs according to timing of births. Results are based on 22,351 Norwegian breast cancer patients of parity 0 to 5, ages 20 to 74 years." "The proportion of stage II to IV tumors was considerably higher among...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-02)
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