Pregnancy and its role in breast cancer

Early full-term pregnancy is the only recognized factor able to prevent breast cancer. There are several hypotheses to explain the mechanisms of this protection, namely an altered hormonal milieu, a differentiation process or a switch in stem cell properties. To explore them, authors have been using...

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Main Authors: Filipe Correia Martins, Maria Filomena Botelho, Mafalda Laranjo, António Manuel Cabrita, Maria Isabel Torgal, Carlos Freire de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-12-01
Series:Oncology Reviews
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Online Access:http://www.oncologyreviews.org/index.php/or/article/view/121