Association may be due to imbalance in ratio of adrenal androgens to glucocorticoid
- 30 March 1996
- Vol. 312 (7034) , 845
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7034.845a
Abstract
EDITOR,—C C Chen and colleagues report convincing evidence for an association between life stress and breast cancer but suggest that it would be a formidable task to account for this association with a biologically plausible mechanism.1 Recent studies carried out by my group into the regulation of the synthesis of oestrogen in breast tumours from postmenopausal women have indicated a possible mechanism by which adverse life events could enhance this synthesis. Oestrogens are the …Keywords
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