newsGP – New breast cancer research has ‘immediate implications’ – RACGP

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The study has produced fresh evidence about the use of androgens as a potential treatment for oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
The need for alternative treatment strategies has renewed interest in androgen therapy for breast cancer.
Androgens ­­­– the hormones that contribute to growth and reproduction in both men and women –have already been used previously to treat breast cancer, but knowledge of hormone receptors in breast tissue was rudimentary at the time and the treatment’s…

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