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Breast cancer risk associated with antipsychotic use
Author(s) -
Lam Y. W. Francis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30470
Subject(s) - prolactin , breast cancer , medicine , secretion , antipsychotic , cancer , etiology , cancer research , endocrinology , oncology , bioinformatics , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , hormone , biology , psychiatry
The etiology of breast cancer is complicated and not fully understood. In addition to genetic influences, however, it is believed that disturbances in the secretion of prolactin, which regulates differentiation, proliferation, and survival of mammary gland epithelial cells, could play a role.