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Studies tie hormones, cancer risk: Therapy still right for some, doctors say.

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| April 19, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Judy Peres

Apr. 19--Two studies released Wednesday suggest that going off hormone therapy significantly reduces a woman's chances of developing ovarian cancer as well as breast cancer. An update of the landmark Million Women Study found that taking hormones caused a small but significant increase in the risk of ovarian cancer among postmenopausal British women. But their risk returned to normal after they went off the medications.

Meanwhile, an extended analysis of U.S. breast cancer rates reinforced the notion that the recent decrease in the number of women in whom that disease was diagnosed was caused by the drop in the use of hormone…

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