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Growth promoting influences of estradiol, epidermal growth factor, and insulin on human breast cancer: Evidence for differential mechanism of action on tumor cells in vitro

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  1. Laboratorio di Endocrinologia Molecolare, Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, L.go Gemelli-Roma, Italy

    Stefano Iacobelli & Clara Natoli

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Supported by C.N.R. Special Project ‘Oncology’. Grant no. 84.00627.44.

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Iacobelli, S., Natoli, C. Growth promoting influences of estradiol, epidermal growth factor, and insulin on human breast cancer: Evidence for differential mechanism of action on tumor cells in vitro. Breast Cancer Res Tr 6, 255–256 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01806777

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