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Gender Differences in Liver Cancer Risk Explained by Small Changes in Genome, Penn Study Finds

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Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. Although this gender difference has been known for a long time, the molecular mechanisms by which estrogens prevent -- and androgens promote -- liver cancer remain unclear.

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