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Elemental bioimaging shows mercury and other toxic metals in normal breast tissue and in breast cancers

OBJECTIVE: Exposure to toxic metals such as mercury has been proposed to be a risk factor for the development of breast cancer since some metals can promote genetic mutations and epigenetic changes. We sought to find what toxic metals are present in normal breast tissue and in the tumours of women w...

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Autores principales: Pamphlett, Roger, Satgunaseelan, Laveniya, Kum Jew, Stephen, Doble, Philip A., Bishop, David P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6993973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32004334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228226