The study, published on Thursday in the journal Science, suggests a potential new path to protect women genetically predisposed to these cancers by using drugs to interfere with a hormone called progesterone, the researchers said.

• 研究人员说，这一研究结果发表在周二出版的科学杂志上，提出了一个保护易于因基因突变而罹患这些癌症的妇女的新方法，也就是用药物干预对抗黄体酮的产生。