Estrogen lowers breast cancer risk in some women

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Women who take estrogen after menopause appear to have a lower risk of breast cancer even years after they quit taking the hormone, indicates new research, which flies against previous studies suggesting a possible link between the hormone and breast cancer.

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