Hormone Therapy Increases Frequency Of Abnormal Mammograms, Brea...

Courtesy ScienceDaily Wed, 02/27/2008 - 16:00

Combined hormone therapy appears to increase the risk that women will have abnormal mammograms and breast biopsies and may decrease the effectiveness of both methods for detecting breast cancer, according to a new report.

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