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Lowering women’s risk of endometrial cancer

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Women who last give birth at age 40 or older have a 44 percent decreased risk of endometrial cancer when compared to women who have their last birth under the age of 25, according to a new international study.

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Signaling Process Linked to Obesity and Cancer

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Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have discovered that a signaling process between a hormone receptor produced by the brain and a hormone produced by fat tissue is a characteristic feature of a variety of tumor-initiating stem cells, providing a key link between obesity and the development of cancer.

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