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Friday, May 07, 2010

PMH breast cancer researchers link ovarian hormone to breast stem cells growth



Note: easier to read Medscape article from previous blog post

"Cancer researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) have discovered that the ovarian hormone progesterone plays a pivotal role in altering breast stem cells, a finding that has important implications for breast cancer risk.......The findings, published online today in Nature (10.1038/nature09091; http://dx.doi.org/), are significant because reproductive history is among the strongest risk factors for breast cancer, says principal investigator Rama Khokha, a molecular biologist at Ontario Cancer Institute and the Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute, PMH. Other major known risk factors are age, genetics and breast density."

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  1. well....not so surprising I guess....what do you make of this Sandi, what are the implications of this?

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  2. It's very early research - your thoughts, Darlene?

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2 comments :

  1. well....not so surprising I guess....what do you make of this Sandi, what are the implications of this?

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  2. It's very early research - your thoughts, Darlene?

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