Elevated hormone levels add up to increased breast cancer risk, research finds
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Post-menopausal women with high levels of hormones such as estrogen or testosterone are known to have a higher risk of breast cancer. New research looked at eight different sex and growth hormones and found that the risk of breast cancer increased with the number of elevated hormones -- each additional elevated hormone level increased risk by 16 percent.