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Scientists uncover new key to the puzzle of hormone therapy and breast cancer

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor ...

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Breast cancer risk level assessed by age, genetics, estrogen exposure

Assessing a woman's odds of getting breast cancer is a tricky, imprecise and evolving business. Yet for all its imperfection, it is Step 1 in any decision a woman makes about prevention measures.

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created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify risk factors for contralateral breast cancer

A preventive procedure to remove the unaffected breast in breast cancer patients with disease in one breast may only be necessary in patients who have high-risk features as assessed by examining the patient's medical history ...

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Breast cancer risk varies in young women with benign breast disease

A type of benign breast disease (BBD) known as atypical hyperplasia substantially increases a young woman's risk of developing breast cancer, even if there is no history of breast cancer in her family, say researchers at ...

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created Dec 14, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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