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Breast Cancer
Research conducted at Brigham and Women's Hospital has updated our knowledge about breast cancer
August 7th, 2008
" Low urinary melatonin levels have been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. However, the association between melatonin levels and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women remains unclear," scientists in the United States report. " We investigated the association between melatonin levels and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women in a prospective case-control study nested in the Hormones and Diet in the Etiology of Breast Cancer Risk cohort, which included 3966 eligible postmenopausal women. The concentration of melatonin's major metabolite, 6-sulfatoxymelatonin, was measured in a baseline 12-hour overnight urine sample from...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-07)
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