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Breast Cancer
Study results from S.H. Dairkee and colleagues in the area of breast cancer published
May 29th, 2008
"Breast cancer outcome is highly variable. Whether inadvertent exposure to environmental xenobiotics evokes a biological response promoting cancer aggressiveness and a higher probability of tumor recurrence remains unknown," scientists in the United States report. "To determine specific molecular alterations which arise in high-risk breast tissue in the presence of the ubiquitous xenoestrogen, hisphenol A (BPA), we used nonmalignant random periareolar fine-needle aspirates in a novel functional assay. Early events induced by BPA in epithelial-stromal cocultures derived from the contralateral tissue of patients with breast cancer included gene expression patterns which...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-29)
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