Is breast cancer a potential side effect of GH treatment?

Infusion of aging monkeys with growth hormone promotes proliferation of mammary epithelia, suggesting caution in treating the elderly with growth hormone supplements (pages 1141–1144).

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature medicine 1997-10, Vol.3 (10), p.1081-1082
Hauptverfasser:	De leon, Daisy D, Donovan, Sharon M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aging Animals Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Breast Neoplasms - etiology Cancer Research Cell Division - drug effects Epithelium - drug effects Female Growth Hormone - pharmacology Growth Hormone - physiology Human Growth Hormone - physiology Humans Infectious Diseases Insulin-Like Growth Factor I - pharmacology Insulin-Like Growth Factor I - physiology Macaca mulatta Mammary Glands, Animal - cytology Mammary Glands, Animal - drug effects Metabolic Diseases Molecular Medicine Neurosciences news-and-views
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Zusammenfassung:	Infusion of aging monkeys with growth hormone promotes proliferation of mammary epithelia, suggesting caution in treating the elderly with growth hormone supplements (pages 1141–1144).
ISSN:	1078-8956 1546-170X
DOI:	10.1038/nm1097-1081