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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study results reported from H. Neubauer et al
March 12th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Oncology Reports, "The expression of the estrogen receptor beta (ER beta) has been shown to play an important role in breast cancer. There is emerging hope that ER beta and its isoforms will be used as prognostic markers or as therapeutic targets in the clinical management of breast cancer." "Many studies indicate that ER beta is down regulated during carcinogenesis. However, it is still unknown which signals can regulate ER beta expression. Basement membrane (BM) components have been shown to influence the expression levels of ER alpha and progesterone receptor. Therefore, we hypothesized that cell-matrix...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-12)
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