Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can reduce the risk of breast cancer by as much as 42 per cent, researchers have revealed. HRT, which is used to treat post-menopausal women, appears to reduce the risk for those with a certain genetic mutation linked to the disease. The researchers looked at hormone replacement therapy or HRT in post-menopausal women with a BRCA1 gene mutation, which greatly increases their chances of developing breast cancer.
Now HRT can REDUCE the risk of breast cancer in women - Daily Mail 25th September 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
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