What Is the Role of Hormones As a Predictor for Breast Cancer?
There's evidence to suggest that higher serum estrogen levels might be associated with an increased risk for breast cancer. In this video, HealthMaker and oncology professor Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc, says data is limited, however.
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There's evidence that suggests that higher serum estrogen levels might be associated with an increased risk.
The data are limited and not entirely convincing. And part of the problem is the breast tissue in the breast
tumor itself within its environment can make estrogen. So it doesn't necessarily have to take it from the ovaries.
And of course, you've got great responses in post-menopausal women where their serum estrogen levels are relatively low, but the amount that's present in tumors
breast cancer
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