Estrogen Replacement Therapy and Ovarian Cancer Mortality in a Large Prospective Study of US Women

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Long-term hormone replacement therapy may increase a woman's risk of ovarian cancer even after she stops using it. In a study of 211,581 postmenopausal women, those who used hormone therapy for more than 10 years had twice the risk of ovarian cancer.

Complications and side effects, Hormone therapy, Ovarian cancer, Estrogen, Estrogens

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Overweight, obesity, and mortality from cancer in a prospectively studied cohort of U.S adults

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The study on the death rate due to cancers and cancer at individual sites with the influence of excess body weight on more than 900,000 U.S. adults was conducted. It concluded that increased body weight was associated with increased death rates for all cancers combined and for cancers at multiple specific sites.

United States, Cancer patients

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Body-mass index and mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults

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Being substantially overweight or obese appears to increase the risk of death from any cause. Researchers compared mortality rates among approximately 1 million American adults to their body-mass index (BMI). BMI is the ratio of weight to height. People with a BMI of 25 or more are considered overweight. The risk of death was lowest in those with a BMI between 22 and 23.4 in women and 23.5 to 24.9 in men. White men and women with the highest BMI had twice the risk of death from any cause. The risk was lower in black men and women.

Patient outcomes, Overweight persons

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