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Discussion about a possible association between estrogens and endometrial and breast cancer is almost as old as estrogen therapy itself. Certainly there have been arguments which seem to point to a causal relationship, the result of pharmacological studies and some clinical observations. But there have been many, if not more, data indicating that no such relationship exists.
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Greenblatt, R.B., Gambrell, R.D. (1976). Estrogens and Endometrial Cancer. In: van Keep, P.A., Greenblatt, R.B., Albeaux-Fernet, M. (eds) Consensus on Menopause Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7179-3_14
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