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An associate of hers also told officers that she had very little energy and would burst into tears out of the blue after the incident, according to the report.

"It would be odd for the second Trump administration to back off a lawsuit that they filed themselves," said Rebecca Allensworth, associate dean for research and anti-trust professor at Vanderbilt Law School.

The study also identified increased risks of mortality associated with several causes such as respiratory, circulatory and digestive system disorders; nervous system, endocrine and infectious diseases; cancers; and congenital malformations.

While the vast majority of cells appeared normal, nearly all of the women harboured a small number of breast cells -- about 3 per cent -- that carried genetic alterations commonly associated with cancer.

Previous studies have identified specific genes in these regions that also are associated with breast cancer, according to Navin.