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Why breast cancer gets more common and harder with age.

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  1. Jun 4, 2012
    LAB STUDY TIES AGING TO SHIFTS IN BREAST CELLSLab dish study · ages 16-91

    Aging shifts breast cells in ways that may raise cancer risk, lab finds

    A Berkeley Lab team that grew breast cells from women aged 16 to 91 found aging tilts the cell mix toward types linked to cancer. The link to actual tumors was not shown.