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Estrogens have been widely implicated in the genesis and progression of breast cancer. Over 200 years ago, the Italian physician Ramazzini observed an increased incidence of breast cancer among nuns. Almost 100 years ago the Scottish physician Beatson described the beneficial effects of ovariectomy on the progress of breast cancer in premenopausal women.1 Nevertheless, the precise role(s) of estrogens and estrogenic stimuli in breast cancer remains unknown. Indeed, it is difficult to provide a universal definition of either an estrogen or an estrogenic response.
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Clarke, R., Hilakivi-Clarke, L., Cho, E., James, M.R., Leonessa, F. (1996). Estrogens, Phytoestrogens, and Breast Cancer. In: Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 401. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0399-2_6
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