Reduction in mortality from breast cancer
- 28 April 2005
- Vol. 330 (7498), 1024.2-1024
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7498.1024-a
Abstract
# Fall in use of hormones could have reduced breast cancer mortality {#article-title-2} EDITOR—The fall in breast cancer deaths in women aged 40-54, first diagnosed under age 50 during 1991-2000, but not invited for screening, could be due to the reduction in the use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy after warnings of increased risk of thrombosis.1 In 1995-6 several …Keywords
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