Burton JL, Cunliffe WJ, Shuster S. Increased sebum excretion in patients with breast cancer.
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1970;
1:665-6. [PMID:
4245733 PMCID:
PMC1700583 DOI:
10.1136/bmj.1.5697.665]
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Abstract
The rate of sebum excretion from the forehead skin of patients with early breast cancer was found to be just significantly higher than in age-matched control women. This may indicate that some breast cancer patients have an increase in circulating or tissue-bound sebotrophic hormones, or a decrease in their inhibitors.
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