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Breast Cancer
Hormone therapy, alcohol use studied
December 26th, 2002
Women who drink alcohol and take hormones are at almost double the risk of breast cancer, researchers with a large ongoing study say. Previous studies have shown that women who have more than a drink a day raise their risk of breast cancer, and that hormone replacement therapy also increases the cancer risk. The Nurses' Health Study assessed the risk of the two factors combined. Researchers said the good news is that alcohol and estrogen together do not greatly magnify the danger through interaction. Some scientists were concerned that might be the case. Instead, what they found is that a postmenopausal woman who has a lifetime...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-12-26)
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