Study identifies potential 'safe period' for hormone replacement use
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 13:42
in Health & Medicine
A new study makes important new findings on the role of hormone use on the risk of breast cancer, confirming that the use of oestrogen plus progesterone increases the risk of both ductal and lobular breast cancer far more than oestrogen-only; suggesting a two-year 'safe' period for the use of oestrogen and progesterone; and finding that the increased risk for ductal cancers observed in long-term past users of hormone replacement therapy drops off substantially two years after hormone use is stopped. The study appears in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society...
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