“Iron-saturated” bovine lactoferrin improves the chemotherapeutic effects of tamoxifen in the treatment of basal-like breast cancer in mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tamoxifen is used in hormone therapy for estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer, but also has chemopreventative effects against ER-negative breast cancers. This study sought to investigate whether oral iron-saturated bovine la...

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Main Authors: Sun Xueying, Jiang Ruohan, Przepiorski Aneta, Reddy Shiva, Palmano Kate P, Krissansen Geoffrey W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/591