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Long-term hormonal promotion overcomes genetic resistance to mammary cancer.
Steroids - 1 Jan 2011
Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Arumugam Arunkumar, Elsayed Ahmed, Schecter Scott, Kotkowski Eithan, Castillo Ruth, de la Torre Aleyah, Hernandez Cecilio
Abstract excerpt
It is well known that ovarian steroids estradiol and progesterone play a vital role in the development of mammary cancer. Here, using the genetically highly resistant Copenhagen rats we demonstrate that sustained exogenous treatment with estradiol and progesterone overcomes genetic resistance to mammary cancer. It has been demonstrated that Copenhagen rats develop preneoplastic lesions upon exposure to...
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