From David Parker
Leicester
While reading the letter by Dan Gollub I wondered whether it would be
possible to use induced lactation to reduce the incidence of breast cancer in
some women
(Letters, 8 November, p 59).
As I understand it, the incidence of
breast cancer is lower in women who have breast-fed a baby than in those who
have not. Would the use of prolactin to simulate breast-feeding have the same
favourable result in women who will not breast-feed children during the course
of their lives?
