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Ovarian cancer: hormone replacement therapy increases risk

Ovarian cancer: hormone replacement therapy increases risk

According to a study published in the weekly Journal of the American Medical Association, women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increase vulnerability for exposure to breast cancer but are also increase the possibility of becoming a victim of cancer ovaries. And even if the treatment is less than a term of four years.

HRT previously associated with an increased risk of breast cancer

In 2002 a major study devoted to the health of women was prematurely halted when researchers found that HRT increased the risk of exposure of patients with breast cancer. The increased risk was in effect that such experiences were no longer morally acceptable. Therefore, HRT has fallen out of favor in the fight against the symptoms of menopause, and a relationship of cause and effect, the number of cancers has also decreased in corresponding proportions. Read the rest of this entry »