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Destiny from density

Victoria L. Seewaldt ()
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Victoria L. Seewaldt: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

Nature, 2012, vol. 490, issue 7421, 490-491

Abstract: The identification of a signalling protein that regulates the accumulation of fat and connective tissue in breasts may help to explain why high mammographic density is linked to breast-cancer risk. It may also provide a marker for predicting this risk.

Date: 2012
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