Radiography
Hormone Therapy Found to Compromise Breast Cancer Diagnosis
A US study found that women taking combined hormone therapy had an increased risk of otherwise avoidable abnormal mammograms and breast biopsies that compromised the ability of these two techniques to help diagnose breast cancer. More...17 Mar 2008

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