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CONTRARY to the general impression (due to publications attributing carcinogenic properties to œstrogens when administered to both sexes of different animals; also the œstrogenic activity, although notably weak, of many carcinogens), I have during my researches1,2 on œstrogens come to believe that these compounds are not carcinogenic, and that they will most probably show at least some curative influence in the case of tumour diseases. I submitted a detailed report on "Œstrogens as Anti-tumoui Compounds" to the Ministry of Public Health in Egypt on May 30, 1944. An account of the influence of synthetic œstrogens upon advanced malignant disease was recently published3.
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TADROS, W. Œstrogenic Substances Showing Anti-tumour Action. Nature 155, 366–367 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155366b0
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