Is estrogen plus progestin menopausal hormone therapy safe with respect to endometrial cancer risk?

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Published in Int J Cancer on August 30, 2012

Authors

Britton Trabert1, Nicolas Wentzensen, Hannah P Yang, Mark E Sherman, Albert R Hollenbeck, Yikyung Park, Louise A Brinton

Author Affiliations

1: Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA. britton.trabert@nih.gov

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