Skin moles tied to breast cancer risk: studies

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Skin moles tied to breast cancer risk: studies

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of moles a woman has may be tied to her risk of developing breast cancer, according to two new studies. The studies don’t prove that moles cause breast cancer or that women with a lot of moles will definitely get breast cancer. “This shouldn’t be a concern for women with moles, because we don’t think the relationship is causal,” said Marina Kvaskoff, the lead author of one of the new studies. Researchers suspected that moles, also known as nevi, and breast cancer might share links to certain hormones and genes.

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