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. 1970 Mar 14;1(5697):665-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5697.665.

Increased sebum excretion in patients with breast cancer

J L Burton, W J Cunliffe, S Shuster

Increased sebum excretion in patients with breast cancer

J L Burton et al. Br Med J. .

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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