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Breast Cancer And Hrt
Thinner women who take hormone-replacement therapy have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than heavier women, California researchers have found. The study also showed that the longer a woman used either estrogen-alone therapy or estrogen-plus-progestin therapy, the higher her risk of disease.
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From Our Experts
First HRT Award Comes Down: $1.5 Million
Breast cancer and HRT? Uh-oh, here we go again.That must be what the legal and financial folks at behemoth drug maker Wyeth are thinking,... Read more »
HRT and Breast Cancer: More Dangerous Than We Suspected: Pass the...
HRT–hormone replacement therapy–used to be a common cure for the symptoms of menopause. Hot flashes, dry vagina, moodiness,... Read more »
The Recent Drop in the Breast Cancer Rate is Due to Women Not Taking...
Now that I’ve read and digested a few of the stories about the recent drop in breast cancer, most likely due to women not taking HRT... Read more »
Reducing HRT May Have Dropped Rates of Most Common Breast Cancer
That has to be the reaction of all women, whether we’ve had breast cancer or not, upon reading the stunning story in today’s New York... Read more »
Breast Cancer Decline Linked to less Ostmenopausal Hormone...
At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference in December 2006 a major presentation linked the drop in new cases (incidence) of breast cancer... Read more »
From Our Sources
Study reaffirms link between HRT and breast cancer
Researchers studying medical histories say that the drop in breast cancer rates in 2003 and 2004 parallels the decrease in the use of hormone... Read more »
Timing, type of HRT may determine breast cancer risk
The timing and type of hormone replacement therapy menopausal women receive appears to determine their risk for breast cancer, a new study has found.... Read more »
New study finds HRT doubles breast cancer risk
Taking hormones after menopause appears to double a woman's risk of breast cancer, a federal study has revealed. Researchers say that even women who... Read more »
HRT users who get breast cancer less likely to die
Several studies have shown that women who take hormone replacement therapy after menopause are at a greater risk of breast cancer. But now... Read more »
Study: HRT improves breast cancer survival rates
Taking hormone replacement therapy seems to increase long-term survival rates for breast cancer patients, according to a new study. Researchers say... Read more »
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