Hormone therapy use by postmenopausal women may increase incidence of more advanced breast cancer
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
Follow-up of about 11 years of participants in the Women's Health Initiative finds that among postmenopausal women, use of estrogen plus progestin is associated with an increased incidence of breast cancers that are more advanced, and with a higher risk of deaths attributable to breast cancer, according to a new study.