Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is well known as a malignancy being strongly influenced by female steroids. Pregnancy is a protective factor against breast cancer. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is a candidate hormone which could mediate this antitumoral effect of pregnancy. For this review article, all original...

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Published in:	International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 18; no. 7; p. 1587
Main Authors:	Schüler-Toprak, Susanne, Treeck, Oliver, Ortmann, Olaf
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 21.07.2017 MDPI
Subjects:	Apoptosis Breast Neoplasms - genetics Breast Neoplasms - metabolism Chorionic Gonadotropin - genetics Chorionic Gonadotropin - metabolism Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human - genetics Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human - metabolism Female Genomic Imprinting Health risk assessment Hormone replacement therapy Humans Medical prognosis Placenta - metabolism Pregnancy Review Socioeconomic factors human chorionic gonadotropin breast cancer pregnancy
ISSN:	1422-0067, 1661-6596, 1422-0067
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