Pregnancy and its role in breast cancer

• Main Authors: Filipe Correia Martins (Author), Maria Filomena Botelho (Author), Mafalda Laranjo (Author), António Manuel Cabrita (Author), Maria Isabel Torgal (Author), Carlos Freire de Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Early full-term pregnancy is the only recognized factor able to prevent breast cancer. There are several hypotheses to explain the mechanisms of this protection, namely an altered hormonal milieu, a differentiation process or a switch in stem cell properties. To explore them, authors have been using...