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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
The fear of breast cancer is the most important concern for women who have to decide whether to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal disturbances. A calculation of the risk for breast cancer with respect to HRT is useful to reassure women about this risk and to help them to decide. In the present report, all breast cancer risk factors have been examined and those likely worsened by increased levels of estrogens with HRT have been considered. On the basis of pathogenic, clinical and epidemiological evidence seven breast risk factors (testosterone levels, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, alcohol consumption, density to mammography, previous benign breast disease, familiarity) have been selected and a score has been awarded to them; then a model for the calculation of the SRR (Summary Relative Risk) has been elaborated. A simple, feasible, easy to achieve decision model for the calculation of breast cancer risk is proposed in relation to the use of HRT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0390-6663
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Breast cancer and replacement therapy: which women are at risk?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Bari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article