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Herbal Supplements Lower Sex Hormone Levels in Breast Cancer Survivors
Supplements Lower Hormone Levels in Breast Ca Survivors
B. Jancin
20080028
2008 Jan 28
Elsevier Global Medical News
Herbal Supplements Lower Sex Hormone Levels in Breast Cancer Survivors
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2008 Jan 28, B. Jancin
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - Many breast cancer survivors take herbal supplements having estrogenic properties that lower their sex hormone levels, according to an interim report from the Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle (HEAL) study.What effect, if any, these altered sex hormone levels will have on the participants' breast cancer prognosis awaits additional follow-up, investigator Dr. Sharon Wayne observed at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.She reported on 556 breast cancer survivors...