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"textContent": "Up to 20% of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers don't respond to antiestrogen therapies. A study led by researchers at UT Southwestern, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, suggests that a protein secreted by immune cells within these tumors causes them to grow even in the absence of estrogen.",
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