Growth and spread of breast cancer may be fueled by high cholesterol

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A byproduct of cholesterol functions like the hormone estrogen to fuel the growth and spread of the most common types of breast cancers, researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute report.The researchers also found that anti-cholesterol drugs such as statins appear to diminish the effect of this estrogen-like molecule.

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