Targeting the link between late pregnancy and breast cancer

Elife. 2013 Dec 31:2:e01926. doi: 10.7554/eLife.01926.

Authors

Balabhadrapatruni V S K Chakravarthi¹, Sooryanarayana Varambally

Affiliation

¹ Balabhadrapatruni VSK Chakravarthi is in the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States.

Abstract

Why does a first pregnancy after age 35 increase the risk of breast cancer, and what can be done to combat this?

Keywords: STAT5; breast cancer; carcinogenesis; chemoprevention; pregnancy.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Disease Models, Animal*
Female
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / prevention & control*