The News:
Hormone therapy skews breast cancer diagnosis
By Andrew Stern MSNBC
updated 3:37 p.m. MT, Mon., Feb. 25, 2008
CHICAGO - Women on hormone replacement therapy have only a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer, but there are much greater chances they will experience the worry of abnormal mammograms or may undergo an avoidable breast biopsy, researchers said on Monday. Mammograms and biopsy exams were also found to be less reliable at detecting breast cancer among women taking hormones, which counteract symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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