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A pilot study of FDG PET/CT detects a link between brown adipose tissue and breast cancer

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the second most lethal cancer in women. Understanding biological mechanisms that cause progression of this disease could yield new targets for prevention and treatment. Recent experimental studies suggest that brown adipose tissue (BAT) may play a key role in breast canc...

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Autores principales: Cao, Qi, Hersl, Jerome, La, Hongloan, Smith, Mark, Jenkins, Jason, Goloubeva, Olga, Dilsizian, Vasken, Tkaczuk, Katherine, Chen, Wengen, Jones, Laundette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24564204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-126