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Breast Cancer



Research by M. Hachana and colleagues in breast cancer provides new insights



January 22nd, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal Cancer Letters, "The involvement of a retrovirus homologous to the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) in the pathogenesis of human breast cancer (BC) has long been assumed, but has never been proven. Previous studies have reported the detection of MMTV-like env sequences in variable proportions that did not exceed 40% of BC cases in several countries."

"However, these viral sequences have been found in higher proportion (74%) in Tunisian diagnosed with BC during the seventies. This study is an attempt to evaluate the current prevalence of MMTV-like env gene in BC in Tunisian women. We used semi-nested PCR that...


Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-22)

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