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Two Major Studies Have Connected One Key Hormone to Breast Cancer – ScienceAlert
An unusual but ubiquitous hormone called prolactin, which plays a vital role in producing milk during pregnancy, could also be a major driver of breast cancer,…

An unusual but ubiquitous hormone called prolactin, which plays a vital role in producing milk during pregnancy, could also be a major driver of breast cancer, two new studies have shown.
The findings are the latest in a long line of research from a lab led by cancer pathologist Charles Clevenger from Virginia Commonwealth University, who has been trying to untangle prolactin’s precise role in breast cancer ever since he discovered the first evidence that the growth factor could be involved in the…
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