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Pregnancy-hormone therapy blocks cancer
In experiments on rats, short-term therapy with hormones that simulate aspects of pregnancy appears to reduce lifelong risk of breast cancer.
References:
Guzman, R.C. . . . and S. Nandi. 1999. Hormonal prevention of breast cancer: Mimicking the protective effect of pregnancy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(March 2):2520.
Further Readings:
Fackelmann, K.A. 1994. Do abortions heighten breast cancer risk? Science News 146(Nov. 5):294.
______. 1992. Motherhood and cancer. Science News 142(Oct. 31):298.
Raloff, J. 1995. Breast effects of hormonal pollutants. Science News 148(Aug. 5):92.
Sources:
Satyabrata Nandi
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Cancer Research Laboratory
Berkeley, CA 94720
Malcolm Pike
University of Southern California
Norris Cancer Center
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 10, March 6, 1999, p. 151. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
