Decline in use of hormone therapy among postmenopausal women in the United Kingdom
Objective: There has been controversy about the results of the Women's Health Initiative and the Million Women Study and uncertainty about their impact on hormone therapy (HT) use. This study documents recent trends in HT use in postmenopausal women in the United Kingdom.Design: Between April 2001 and September 2005, 202,638 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 74 and with no history of bilateral oophorectomy were recruited to the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening. The proportion of women randomized each month who were using HT was calculated. The trend in HT use was as... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 |
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
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Schlagwörter: | Hormone therapy / change in use / united kingdom / united kingdom collaborative trial of ovarian cancer screening ukctocs / randomized controlled-trial / replacement therapy / breast-cancer / follow-up / health / cohort / publication / netherlands / menopause / symptoms |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29186180 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/168210/1/Menon%20et%20al_168210_Decline%20in%20HRT%20use_Menopause%202007_MENO-D-06-00117_UCL%20Discovery.pdf |