While use of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) effectively alleviates menopausal symptoms and prevents osteoporosis and possibly cardiovascular disease, there is concern of a detrimental impact on breast-cancer risk. There is a particular lack of data regarding the effect of long-term use of oestrog
An overview of menopausal oestrogen–progestin hormone therapy and breast cancer risk
✍ Scribed by Lee, S A; Ross, R K; Pike, M C
- Book ID
- 109998530
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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