Longer-term follow-up of users of estrogen therapy finds some changes in risks
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Among postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy who had used estrogen therapy for about 6 years and then stopped, longer-term follow-up indicates that the increased risk of stroke seen during the intervention period had dissipated, the decreased risk of hip fracture was not maintained, while the decreased risk of breast cancer persisted, according to a new study.