RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hormone replacement and breast cancer: Implications of the Iowa Women’s Health Study
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 608
OP 613
VO 66
IS 10
A1 Mark E. Mayer
YR 1999
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/10/608.abstract
AB Amid conflicting reports about the link between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer, the Iowa Women’s Health Study gives grounds for cautious optimism. According to the study, women on hormone replacement therapy had a higher incidence of breast cancer, but the excess cancers were of a "favorable" histologic type. This paper discusses clinical decision-making in light of the study results.