Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) among postmenopausal women has been linked to a sharply increased risk of ovarian cancer, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers in Denmark. The study included data from 900,000 Danish women ages 50 to 79 over eight years and found 140 extra cases of ovarian cancer – or a 38 percent greater risk of contracting the disease compared to women who did not use HRT.

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A decrease in reported cases of breast cancer across the country linked to the decline of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is more significant in affluent, urban areas, according to a study published in the journal BMC Medicine.

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