Breast Cancer Unchanged in Black Women, Despite Drop in HRT Use

TUESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- Although the overall incidence of breast cancer dropped dramatically after millions of American women stopped using hormone-replacement therapy in 2002, that decline doesn't seem to have benefited black women.
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Serena Gordon

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