While none of these treatments prevented mammary tumors in 100 percent of the rats, it appears to delay
mammary tumor formation and prevent breast cancer development in approximately 30 to 50 percent of the rats.
Even with the primary mammary tumor being surgically removed, spaying the pet greatly reduces the levels of estrogen and progesterone hormones which potentially further contributes to new
mammary tumor formation or recurrence.
Having your rat spayed by a veterinarian can decrease the levels of these hormones and prevent or reduce
mammary tumor formation.
Not exact matches
Enforced expression of miR - 200c can strongly suppress the
tumor formation driven by human BCSCs and the
mammary ducts
formation by normal
mammary stem cells in vivo, suggesting that miR - 200c is a regulator of normal
mammary and BCSCs.