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Breast cancer and hormone-replacement therapy in the Million Women Study

Date

Authors

Banks, Emily

Beral, Valerie

Bull, Diana

Reeves, Gillian K

Publisher

Lancet Publishing Group

Abstract

Background: Current use of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) increases the incidence of breast cancer. The Million Women Study was set up to investigate the effects of specific types of HRT on incident and fatal breast cancer. Methods: 1 084 110 UK women

Keywords

Keywords: estrogen; progesterone; tibolone; adult; article; breast carcinoma; cancer incidence; cancer mortality; cancer registry; controlled study; female; follow up; hormone substitution; human; major clinical study; priority journal; risk factor; statistical sig

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/35064

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Lancet, The (UK edition)

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14065-2

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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