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Prolactin and Estrogen in Mammary Tumorigenesis

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Extensive studies (60) have established roles of prolactin and estrogen in mammary tumorigenesis (60). On the other hand, the participation of these two major hormones in human breast cancer is still far from conclusion, probably due to the restricted conditions of clinical research. Therefore more intensive comparative studies on experimental animals and humans are needed. From this viewpoint, the roles of prolactin and estrogen in mammary tumorigenesis and their significance in human breast cancer are briefly discussed.

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Nagasawa, H. (1989). Prolactin and Estrogen in Mammary Tumorigenesis. In: Levine, A.S. (eds) Etiology of Cancer in Man. Cancer Growth and Progression, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2532-8_10

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