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WOMEN are being urged to avoid so-called natural hormone replacement therapy because of health fears. Some women using the therapy, also known as bio-identical hormones, have suffered elevated hormone levels that could lead to excessive bleeding, increased risk of breast and uterine cancer and blood clots. Dr John Eden, director of the Sydney Menopause Centre [...]
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A new study suggests that women with endometrial cancer should be screened for inherited mutations that could lead to a high risk of several other cancers. The study showed that 1.8 percent, or about one in 50, of newly diagnosed endometrial cancer patients have mutations for Lynch syndrome, an inherited condition also known as hereditary [...]
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A study led by scientists at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center found that women who developed endometrial, or uterine, cancer had a one in fifty chance of having an inherited mutation that could lead to high risk of other cancers. Those that have the inherited mutation called Lynch syndrome have a higher risk [...]
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