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How HRT and the Pill Can Lead to Breast Cancer: New Research Suggests Possible Treatment

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Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers, affecting up to one in eight women during their lives in Europe, the UK and USA. Large population studies such as the Women's Health Initiative and the Million Women Study have shown that synthetic sex hormones called progestins used in hormone replacement therapy, HRT, and in contraceptives can increase the risk of breast cancers.
link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100929132051.htm
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