Steroid hormones in lymph and blood from women with early breast cancer

Active Androgens in Breast Cyst Fluids

“…This might explain the steroid hormone accumulation in breast cyst fluids (9), particularly out-spoken in type I (10), and the fact that only women with repeated type I cysts seem to have increased risk of cancer due to a constant androgenic milieu in their breast tissues. Similar findings wese reported recently by Hamed et al (11) in premenopausal women with breast cancer.…”