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Update on HRT research and breast cancer

Posted in Breast Cancer Prevention, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause on November 10th, 2010 Comments Off

A new publication from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) focused on the effects of estrogen and progestin (conjugated equine estrogens 0.625 mg/day and 2.5mg/day medroxyprogesterone acetate = Prempro) on breast cancer incidence mortality after an average follow-up of 11 years, through August 2009. The new information from this now 11 year body of information translates [...]

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Breast Cancer Incidence Decrease in 2003

Posted in Breast Cancer Prevention, Cancer Prevention, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Prevention on July 30th, 2007 Comments Off

One of the more newsworthy items of late, has been the decline of breast cancer seen in 2003. The rate of breast cancer in women in the U.S. fell significantly by 6.7% in 2003, according to data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) registries. Data from 2004, showed a leveling off, with no real additional [...]

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