Hrt new evidence of cancer risks - A major re-analysis of the worldwide evidence linking breast cancer with HRT has concluded that the risk of the disease increased in women using HRT a...

Hrt: new evidence shows link with endometrial cancer - The safety of unopposed low potency oestrogens, prescribed to treat urogenital symptoms in post menopausal women, is once again being questioned in n...

Endometrial cancer risk greater with tamoxifen - New evidence from two studies show that women who take tamoxifen to prevent or treat breast cancer are at greater risk of endometrial abnormalities, i...

Bone marrow transplants:new cancer risk - New evidence suggests that there is a risk of solid cancers after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). ...

Minimising breast cancer risk - Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity increases your risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by 50 to 100 per cent (Am J Clin Nutrition, 1987; 45: 289). It...

Hrt : cancer risk - A large scale study of all former trials of breast cancer risks with hormone replacement therapy shows a definite link between a risk of cancer and le...

Cancer risk doubles with pill - Women on the contraceptive pill double the risk of developing cervical cancer, new research has discovered. The risk quadruples if a woman takes the P...

Tamoxifen: cancer risk - There is growing evidence that those proposing to prescribe the drug tamoxifen as a preventative measure to women supposedly at high risk of breast ca...