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WHI's 'anti-estrogen agenda'.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

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| August 01, 2004 | Kincheloe, Larry | COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group. 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

I take issue with the article concerning the estrogen-only arm of the Women's Health Initiative ("WHI Quantifies Risks, Benefits of Estrogen Therapy," May 1, 2004, p. 1).

It almost seems as if there is an anti-estrogen movement afoot whose agenda is to discount the benefits of estrogen, distorting or manipulating any data to achieve its goal. The interpretation of the most recent WHI findings is a perfect example of this. When the first arm of the WHI study showed a barely significant increase in breast cancer of 8 cases per 10,000 women, this finding was blasted across all the media.

When the second arm showed a decrease in breast cancer of 7 cases per 10,000 women, I did not see one news report, magazine article, or editorial. If any other medication had been shown to decrease breast cancer by 23%, there would have been a national education campaign to get the good news out to the public.

The statements by Dr. Stephen Hulley and ...

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