Replacement therapy in postmenopausal women and breast cancer risk
| Autor: | G Secreto, Chiechi Lm |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty Hormone Replacement Therapy medicine.medical_treatment Mammary gland Breast Neoplasms Disease Breast cancer Increased estradiol Recurrence Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Humans Risk factor Gynecology Postmenopausal women Models Statistical business.industry fungi food and beverages Obstetrics and Gynecology Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Postmenopause medicine.anatomical_structure Female business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 64(1) |
| ISSN: | 0020-7292 |
| Popis: | The fear of breast cancer is the most important concern for women and physicians who have to decide whether to assume or prescribe prolonged Ž . hormone replacement therapy HRT because this w x can increase the risk for this disease 1 . Reasoning that the increased levels of estradiol obtained with HRT can amplify the effect of a known factor of risk, we focused our attention on the following factors that can lead to an additive effect when associated with increased estradiol Ž . levels Table 1 . |
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