Hormone mix could cut breast cancer risk and treat symptoms of menopause

Monday, October 19, 2009 - 16:42 in Health & Medicine

The right combination of estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, could relieve menopause symptoms and cut breast cancer risk, Yale researchers report in an abstract presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) scientific meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-21.

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