Hit, Miss Day for Drug Makers ; Study Cites Prempro Cancer Risk
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › March 09, 2008
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MADISON Women who took Wyeth's hormone replacement drug Prempro for more than five years have a greater risk for cancer even after stopping treatment, according to a follow-up study of the Women's Health Initiative, which tied the therapy to cancer and heart disease.
Cancer developed in 281 women who took Prempro, compared with 218 women who received a placebo, in a study of 15,730 women published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The risk of heart attacks also dropped in women who stopped the hormone therapy.See the full content of this document
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Hit, Miss Day for Drug Makers ; Study Cites Prempro Cancer Risk
Gerardo Heiss, lead author ...
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