Pregnancy protection of breast cancer: New insights reveal unanswered questions

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Medina, Daniel ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; CD24 ANTIGEN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; WNT4 PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84877681830     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr3414     Document Type: Editorial

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