Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on April 8, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(8):597-598; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn079
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Re: Declines in Invasive Breast Cancer and Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy in a Screening Mammography Population
Affiliation of authors: Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Program of Northern California, Oakland, California
Correspondence to: Bette Caan, DrPH, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Program of Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612 (e-mail: bette.caan@kp.org).
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We reported a recent drop in breast cancer incidence rates in US women (1), and others have observed this as well (2–4). Because of the marked decrease in breast cancer incidence around the time of the first report from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) (5), we and others (1–4) have suggested that it may be due to discontinuation
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