Moreover, the HHMMTV virus was detected in only two percent of women without the disease, report Australian scientists at Sydney's University of New South Wales and Prince of Wales Hospital.

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And there is evidence that men who develop breast cancer may also harbour the virus, according to the BBC report. The germ was detected in half of male breast cancer tissues sampled.

Findings still preliminary
The scientists, who published their findings in the Journal of Clinical Cancer Research, say the virus may be a human form of the germ that is believed to cause 95 percent of breast cancer in mice.

The researchers caution that their findings are preliminary and do not prove that the virus actually causes breast cancer. – (HealthDayNews)

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