Hormone Replacement Therapy Increases Risk For Breast Scan Abnormalities
Mar 3rd 2008Drug InformationBreast Cancer
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) “could increase the risk of developing early signs of breast cancer after only one year”, The Daily Telegraph reports. One of the largest studies of its kind has shown that “the group taking the hormones had a 4% greater risk of having an abnormal mammogram, or breast X-ray, than those taking the placebo”, the newspaper said. There has been ongoing debate about the risks and benefits associated with HRT.
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