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Old 03-02-2009, 10:05 AM   #2
PinkGirl
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I don't understand this. I didn't think that AI's did anything to cancer
cells. I thought aromataze was an enzyme that converted androgens to
estrogens ... the androgens that are in our fat cells ... Does this mean
that the AI no longer inhibits this conversion?
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