Oestrogen 'may fuel oral cancer' in young women (BBC)

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The hormone oestrogen could be fuelling head and neck cancers in young women, explaining why the disease is on the increase in that group, a US team says.

Writing in Cancer Prevention Research, they said oestrogen helped pre-cancerous cells move and divide by triggering the activity of an enzyme.

Head and neck cancer, including mouth, tongue and throat cancers, affects up to 9,000 people every year in the UK.

UK experts said the work was interesting, but at an early stage.

There has been an increase in diagnoses of head and neck cancers in younger women over the last 10 years, but most cases are still seen in men aged 50-74.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12098317

[laconicsax]

1. So...a female sex hormone is fueling a cancer increase in women?

:shrug:

[mzmolly]

2. Sheesh.

Bizarre.