HRT Raises Risk of Abnormal Mammograms
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MONDAY, Oct. 18 (HealthDayNews) -- A new study adds more weight to the cancer risks posed by hormone therapy by finding that the menopausal treatment also makes breast cancer harder to detect.
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MONDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Data on nearly a million families suggest that mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes -- which are strongly linked to some breast cancers -- may also confer a slight increase in risk for pancreatic, prostate and stomach cancers.
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More research is needed over the safety of hormone replacement therapy, says an expert.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was a medication now prescribed by many doctors.
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A class of hormone-blocking drugs called aromatase inhibitors was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was tamoxifen, a medication now prescribed
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The estrogen component of oral hormone replacement therapy around the time of menopause is associated with ovarian cancer risk, findings from a Danish study show.
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About a quarter of US women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone back on it, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows women who have their breast cancer detected by a mammogram are less likely to have their cancer come back in other parts of the body.
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Women who use hormone replacement  therapy (HRT) to relieve symptoms of the menopause are at  increased risk of stroke, according to a review of 28 HRT  trials.
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Women whose breast cancer is detected by a mammography have a better prognosis than women whose cancer is detected through other means, a new study finds.
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Lung cancer acts differently in women than in men, and major new studies are exploring if estrogen is a key reason &#151; and whether harnessing the hormone might help fight the No. 1 cancer killer.
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Women who put on a lot of weight at any stage of adulthood increase their risk of breast cancer, likely because the hormone estrogen accumulates in the acquired fat and promotes tumors, researchers said on Monday.
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Researchers in the UK report a possible increase in the risk of developing breast cancer among women who take folate supplements while pregnant.
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Mammograms are an important tool in the fight against breast cancer. Now new research looks at how accurate those mammogram readings really are.
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NEW YORK  - Women in their 40s, who tend to have relatively dense breast tissue, are more likely to have a breast tumor missed on a screening mammogram than are older women, new study findings suggest.
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Mammograms have become a rite of passage for 40-year-old American women, and a compulsory exercise for those over 40. But as rote as those annual screenings might seem, there's nothing routine about a diagnosis of breast cancer.
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A longer interval between the  age a woman first begins to menstruate and her age when she  first gives birth is associated with an increased risk of  breast cancer, the results of a study published in the American  Journal of Epidemiology suggests.