Cancer Risk Stays After Hormone Therapy

Menopausal women who took estrogen and progesterone faced a small increased risk of cancer for more than two years after they stopped, according to the latest results of a major federal study that has revealed a series of sobering findings about the once-popular hormone therapy.
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Rob Stein

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Marcia Stefanick

Hugh Taylor

Rowan Chlebowski

Peter Ravdin

Stanford University

Yale University School of Medicine

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Journal of the American Medical Association

Menopause

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical Specializations

Medicine

Health and Fitness

Breast Cancer

Cancer

Women's Issues

Special Interest Groups

Heart Attacks

Cardiology

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