Prolonged Lactation and Endometrial Cancer

doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.499

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Prolonged Lactation and Endometrial Cancer

1 Jan 1995

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BACKGROUND: The risk of endometrial cancer is related to oestrogen levels, showing an increased risk with increasing endogenous or exogenous oestrogen stimulation and a reduced risk when oestrogen is opposed by progesterone. During breastfeeding, the reduction of endogenous oestrogen exposure is larger than that of progesterone, suggesting that breastfeeding may possibly reduce the risk of endometrial cancer....

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PMID: 7672888
DOI: 10.1093/ije/24.3.499

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