Breast tenderness linked to increased breast density
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 07:00
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Post-menopausal women who experience breast tenderness after starting combination hormone therapy have a higher risk of breast cancer than women who don't, a study by researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown. One reason for this, they now say, may be that these women's breasts are becoming more dense.