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Clinical and biological characteristics of breast cancers in post-menopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy for menopause.
Oncology reports - 1 Jan 2000
Salmon R J, Ansquer Y, Asselain B, Languille O, Lesec G, Remvikos Y
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The paradox of an excess breast cancer incidence among current users of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) without excess in breast cancer mortality raises the question of possible differences in the clinical and biological characteristics of cancers in current HRT users compared to non-users. A consecutive series of 129 post-menopausal patients under HRT for at least 6 months, in whom an operable breast cancer...
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