Sentences with phrase «block oestrogen»
The compound, which is widely prescribed for breast cancer, is known to block oestrogen receptors on many cancer cells, so inhibiting their growth.
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«This means that tamoxifen, which is probably the best therapy for breast cancer available, is not working solely through blocking the oestrogen receptors, which everyone thought it did.
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Many breast cancers use hormones, such as oestrogen, to drive their growth and current treatment options aim to block the hormonal activity in order to halt the growth of the breast cancer cells.
Alcohol consumption has been linked with increased levels of oestrogen, furthermore a study in 1996 found that an oestrogen blocking compound caused hair growth.
The aromatase enzyme is involved in the production of oestrogen, the female hormone that blocks testosterone production.