Breast Cancer Risk Lingered Years after Women Discontinued Estrogen-Progestin Therapy

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A follow-up study of postmenopausal women who took the combination of estrogen and progestin for more than five years as part of the landmark Women ' s Health Initiative shows that the women continued to face an increased risk for breast cancer nearly three years after they quit taking the hormones.

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