[Hormonal replacement therapy summer 2002--much ado about what?].
Hormonal replacement therapy, in use for years, gained popularity as a result of many published studies indicating the major positive effects it had on women's health. Today, new evidence in recently published studies (mainly HERS and WHI trials), present the pros and cons of the treatment including the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease, reinstating the controversial subject on to the public agenda.
Fisher
M
M
Rager
B
B
Kaplan
B
B
Rennert
G
G
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors