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Breast Cancer
Research from University of Heidelberg has provided new information about breast cancer
June 4th, 2009
According to recent research from Heidelberg, Germany, "Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease with subtypes that may vary in their etiologies. Menopausal hormone therapy has been associated more strongly with lobular and tubular than ductal histologic types and with tumors that are smaller, hormone receptor-positive, and of lower grade." "At the same time, correlations have been observed between histology and clinical characteristics. To identify those tumor subtypes most strongly associated with hormone therapy use, it is necessary to disentangle these interrelationships. Based on 3,464 postmenopausal breast cancer cases and 6,657 controls from the population-based...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-04)
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