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Breast Cancer, Hormone Link Clarified

Breast Cancer, Hormone Link Clarified

Date : 08-05-2005 - 06:01 PM - Readers : 4378

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Breast cancer risk associated with the use of hormone therapy is much smaller than most women have been led to believe, according to researchers in Australia who have calculated the risk in a new way.

Widely reported studies suggest that compared to nonhormone users, women who take hormones for many years have anywhere from a 50 percent higher risk of developing breast cancer to double the risk.

While that sounds pretty scary, the new research indicates that the real risk is actually quite small, says John Boyages, MD, who is executive director of the New South Wales Breast Cancer Institute.

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