New Drug Shows Promise in Reducing Breast Cancer Risk in Women
Originally Published 2 months ago — by Nature
The BC-APPS1 study demonstrates that 12 weeks of ulipristal acetate, an anti-progestin, reduces breast epithelial proliferation, luminal progenitor cell activity, and mammographic density in women at increased breast cancer risk, partly by remodeling the extracellular matrix and decreasing tissue stiffness, suggesting potential for breast cancer prevention.