U.S. breast cancer cases drop sharply after hormones eschewed

A new report suggests women no longer taking hormones to treat menopause symptoms may have led to a 7% reduction in breast cancer rates in the U.S. in 2003. Experts noted the 16 months before the end of 2003 was a period in which women quit menopause-hormone therapy in the wake of a study tying the hormones to an increased risk of tumors