In a study published in Cancer last year, Phipps and her colleagues found that certain breast cancer types may be rarer among women who breastfeed their babies for at least six months. (webmd.com)
An orphan receptor called GPR161 was found to be overexpressed in triple - negative but not in other breast cancer types. (science.sciencemag.org)
Thus, individuals carrying mutations in the so - called breast cancer type I and II genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are highly prone to breast as well as ovarian cancers. (sciencedaily.com)