Estrogen plus progestin and breast cancer incidence and mortality in postmenopausal women.

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Published in JAMA on October 20, 2010

Authors

Rowan T Chlebowski1, Garnet L Anderson, Margery Gass, Dorothy S Lane, Aaron K Aragaki, Lewis H Kuller, JoAnn E Manson, Marcia L Stefanick, Judith Ockene, Gloria E Sarto, Karen C Johnson, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Peter M Ravdin, Robert Schenken, Susan L Hendrix, Aleksandar Rajkovic, Thomas E Rohan, Shagufta Yasmeen, Ross L Prentice, WHI Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1124 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90502, USA. rchlebowski@gmail.com

Associated clinical trials:

Women's Health Initiative (WHI) | NCT00000611

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