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Sensitization of epithelial growth factor receptors by nicotine exposure to promote breast cancer cell growth

INTRODUCTION: Tobacco smoke is known to be the main cause of lung, head and neck tumors. Recently, evidence for an increasing breast cancer risk associated with tobacco smoke exposure has been emerging. We and other groups have shown that nicotine, as a non-conventional carcinogen, has the potential...

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Autores principales: Nishioka, Takashi, Kim, Hyun-Seok, Luo, Ling-Yu, Huang, Yi, Guo, Jinjin, Yan Chen, Chang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22085699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr3055