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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-12-01
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Series: | Oncology Reviews |
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Online Access: | http://www.oncologyreviews.org/index.php/or/article/view/121 |