Rethinking Breast Cancer Prevention with Dr. Felice Gersh
Well Beyond 40
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The Effects of Estrone on Breast Inflammation
Estrone is not causing the breast cancer, but it is not able to reduce the inflammation. In a healthy woman who's not chronically inflamed, you get estradiol and estradiol runs the on-off switch for inflammation. The ovaries are in an off mode right after a woman has a baby. And because they're estrogen in an environment, they end up with estrogen receptor positivity. But in post-manopausal women, it's totally in disarray. You only have estrone, you can't turn the inflammatory process off, you're stuck in that mode,.You get breast cancer, and then the estrone is fueled to the fire.
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