How Cholesterol Influences Breast Cancer Risk (2 of 7) (IMAGE)

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How Cholesterol Influences Breast Cancer Risk (2 of 7)

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Low 27HC lung: a section of how a lung normally looks (no metastases). This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 29 November, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Erik R. Nelson at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC, and colleagues was titled, "27-Hydroxycholesterol Links Hypercholesterolemia and Breast Cancer Pathophysiology."

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