Cancer risk clues from breast milk.

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  • Author(s): Seppa, Nathan
  • Source:
    Science News. 5/7/2011, Vol. 179 Issue 10, p17-17. 1/2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BREAST milk; BREAST cancer risk factors; BIOMARKERS; TUMOR suppressor genes; METHYLATION
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that breast milk may provide genetic data that can be used to determine a woman's risk for breast cancer. An overview of research by environmental toxicologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who analyzed the breast milk from 250 women who undergone a single breast biopsy to test whether swelling or a lump was benign or cancerous and found that methylation of tumor suppressor genes is an indicator for cancer is presented.