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Menopause
LA BioMed researcher says 'unexpected' increase in cancer risk found
March 20th, 2008
An increased cancer risk in post-menopausal women after they stopped taking combined hormone therapy was an "unexpected finding" in a study that will be reported in the March 5 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), said Rowan T. Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D., a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) lead investigator who contributed to the study. "This latest study reinforces the original finding that combined hormone therapy of estrogen plus progestin should not be taken for the purpose of reducing disease in post-menopausal women," Chlebowski said. "These findings also reinforce the need for monitoring for cancer in women who have...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-20)
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