Hormones, growth factors, and the regulation of tumor suppressor pathways involved in parity -induced protection of breast cancer
Despite current advances in understanding breast cancer, in 2007 an estimated 178,480 new cases were diagnosed in female patients in the United States, and an estimated 40,640 deaths will occur due to this disease [1]. Numerous risk factors exist for breast cancer including current age, reproductive...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2008
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3325147 |