Breast Cancer

Combination HRT doubles breast density, quadruples risk of abnormal mammograms

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 11th, 2004

Postmenopausal women who take combination estrogen-plus-progestin hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for 1 year experience a two-fold increase in breast density - a known risk factor for breast cancer - and a quadrupled risk of having an abnormal mammogram, according to new findings from a sub-study of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).

Lead investigator Anne McTiernan, MD, PhD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, presented these findings on October 18, 2004, at the third annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research hosted by the American Association for Cancer Research.

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-11-11)

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