Guest guest Posted August 18, 2002 Report Share Posted August 18, 2002 http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20020818wo71.htm Govt to study cancer risk of estrogen 18 Aug 2002 Yomiuri Shimbun The Education, Science and Technology Ministry is planning to embark on a large-scale survey, involving about 50,000 nurses, as early as next month to look into the link between repeated doses of estrogen and the incidence of breast cancer and endometrial (womb) cancer, ministry officials said Saturday. The ministry's survey will be conducted against a background of the United States recently stopping large-scale clinical tests of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) because of apparently increased risks of breast cancer and other diseases. In the West, including the United States, HRT has been prescribed for 60 years now, while Japan has no detailed data about HRT since only an estimated 1 percent of menopausal women in this country receive the therapy, according to the officials. The ministry's cancer research team, headed by Kunihiko Hayashi, a Gunma University professor, will carry out the first survey of its kind in this country with the cooperation of about 50,000 nurses at public and private hospitals who are members of the Japanese Nursing Association. Copyright 2002 The Yomiuri Shimbun HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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