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Breast Cancer
Research on breast cancer discussed by scientists at University of Tennessee
July 3rd, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Epidemiological investigations have suggested that exposure to tobacco and environmental carcinogens increase the risk of developing human breast cancer. In light of the chronic exposure of human breast tissues to tobacco and environmental carcinogens, we have taken an approach of analyzing cellular changes of immortalized non-cancerous human breast epithelial MCF10A cells during the acquisition of cancerous properties induced by repeated exposure to the tobacco-specific carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) at a low concentration of 100 pM." "We found that accumulated exposures of MCF10A...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-03)
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