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How Does Breast Cancer Spread Among Humans?
Women who consume dietary calcium may be helping to keep breast cancer from spreading to their bones, a new study suggests. Researchers in Australia working with mice found that calcium deficiency increased the tendency of advanced breast cancer to metastisize to the animals' bones. The scientists say these results suggest that dietary calcium might help prevent the spread of breast cancer to bone in humans as well.
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