The protective side of progesterone

Gianluigi Ferretti , Alessandra Felici and Francesco Cognetti

Division of Medical Oncology A, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

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Breast Cancer Research 2007, 9:402doi:10.1186/bcr1792


Published:	21 November 2007

See related commentary by Jerry, http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/9/2/102 and related research by Rajkumar et al., http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/9/1/R12

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According to Jerry's commentary [1], exogenous oestrogen and progesterone potently inhibit tumorigenesis, representing an interesting strategy to prevent breast cancer, but we feel that the concerns noted by Jerry deserve further comment.