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d) genetically engineered mice expressing the polyoma virus middle T antigen under the
control of a mouse mammary tumor virus promotor?
d) Tamoxifen increases breast tumor incidence in the MMTV her2/neu transgenic mouse, if
given to very young mice.
e) Treatment of adult MMTV her2/neu mice with Tamoxifen results in a slow – down of
tumor formation.
4.What is wrong? Dexamethasone (Fortecortin) answers
e) inhibits apoptosis
a) one should compare the number of of pregnancies in women with breast cancer and
women without breast cancer.
b) one should compare only women with breast cancer and analyse the influence of birth
number on the time of breast cancer diagnosis.
c) one should analyse the influence of pregnancies on breast cancer appearance in BRCA 1
and BRCA 2 mutation carriers.
d) one could look at cats with cancer of the udder and compare the age at diagnosis with the
number of pregnancies.
e) one should analyse the appearence of mammary neoplasms in mice, without knowledge on
their infection with MMTV.