Estrogen Linked to Benign Breast Lumps

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:11

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Add another risk to hormone therapy after menopause: Benign breast lumps. One type of hormone therapy - estrogen plus progestin - already is well-known to increase the risk of breast cancer.

But a major study of women able to use estrogen alone didn't find that link....

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