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December 08, 2005

Low Doses of Estrogen May Fight Breast Cancer

Researchers have discovered how low doses of estrogen kill breast cancer cells, despite the fact that estrogen has been shown to promote the growth of breast cancer cells.

If estrogen is given at a specific time, he said, "instead of stimulating the growth [of breast cancer cells], it sees these dysfunctional aberrant cancer cells and instead of telling them to grow, tells them to die." (Forbes.com)

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