Environmental endocrine disruptors: rethinking the origins of early-onset ER⁺ breast cancer

Affiliations

¹ Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
² Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. charlotte.kuperwasser@tufts.edu.

Meadow Parrish et al. Nat Rev Cancer. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 22.

doi: 10.1038/s41568-025-00854-3. Online ahead of print.

¹ Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
² Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. charlotte.kuperwasser@tufts.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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