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Breast Cancer
New findings in breast cancer described by J.S. Kang and co-researchers
March 5th, 2009
According to recent research from South Korea, "Breast cancer is one of the most frequent female cancers in the Western world. Perturbation of estrogen levels by hormone replacement therapy or pregnancy is associated with a variety of diseases, including breast cancer." "Estrogen supplementation is required to establish appropriate animal models for estrogen-related diseases. In this report, we demonstrated that supplementation with high doses of 17 beta-estradiol results in deaths in estrogen-dependent MCF-7 tumor xenograft model. Renal damage and bladder stone formation was implicated as a major cause of death. The mortality rate was significantly reduced when mice...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-05)
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