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Shock, terror and controversy: how the media reacted to the Women's Health Initiative

S. BrownFreelance medical writer, Harrogate, UK
Pages 275-280 | Received 03 Jan 2012, Accepted 18 Jan 2012, Published online: 22 May 2012

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D. A. Tan & A. R. B. Dayu. (2022) Menopausal hormone therapy: why we should no longer be afraid of the breast cancer risk. Climacteric 25:4, pages 362-368.
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R. B. Natari, T. M. McGuire, P. J. Baker, A. M. Clavarino, K. D. Dingle & S. A. Hollingworth. (2019) Longitudinal impact of the Women’s Health Initiative study on hormone therapy use in Australia. Climacteric 22:5, pages 489-497.
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R. L. Reid. (2019) Hormone therapy and breast cancer: risk communication and the ‘perfect storm’. Climacteric 22:1, pages 13-16.
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Amos Pines. (2013) Climacteric Commentaries. Climacteric 16:6, pages 718-728.
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T. J. de Villiers, A. Pines, N. Panay, M. Gambacciani, D. F. Archer, R. J. Baber, S. R. Davis, A. A. Gompel, V. W. Henderson, R. Langer, R. A. Lobo, G. Plu-Bureau & D. W. Sturdee. (2013) Updated 2013 International Menopause Society recommendations on menopausal hormone therapy and preventive strategies for midlife health. Climacteric 16:3, pages 316-337.
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R. D. Langer, J. E. Manson & M. A. Allison. (2012) Have we come full circle – or moved forward? The Women's Health Initiative 10 years on. Climacteric 15:3, pages 206-212.
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M. Nudy, J. Buerger, S. Dreibelbis, X. Jiang, H. N. Hodis & P. F. Schnatz. Menopausal hormone therapy and coronary heart disease: the roller-coaster history. Climacteric 0:0, pages 1-8.
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Avrum Z. Bluming, Howard N. Hodis & Robert D. Langer. (2023) 'Tis but a scratch: a critical review of the Women's Health Initiative evidence associating menopausal hormone therapy with the risk of breast cancer. Menopause 30:12, pages 1241-1245.
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Akanksha Goyal, Pratima Gupta & David W. Sturdee. 2023. Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences.
Florence A. Trémollieres, Gabriel André, Brigitte Letombe, Luc Barthélemy, Amélie Pichard, Bertrand Gelas & Patrice Lopès. (2022) Persistent gap in menopause care 20 years after the WHI: a population-based study of menopause-related symptoms and their management. Maturitas 166, pages 58-64.
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Gargi MukherjeeVaishnavi NatarajanAnindita Chakrabarty. (2022) Menopausal hormone-replacement therapy and breast cancer risk: An updated and simplified view. Journal of Reproductive Healthcare and Medicine 3, pages 4.
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Avrum Zvi Bluming. (2022) Introduction. The Cancer Journal 28:3, pages 157-162.
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Rifani B. Natari, Samantha A. Hollingworth, Alexandra M. Clavarino, Kaeleen D. Dingle & Treasure M. McGuire. (2021) Long term impact of the WHI studies on information-seeking and decision-making in menopause symptoms management: a longitudinal analysis of questions to a medicines call centre. BMC Women's Health 21:1.
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Robert P. Kauffman, Christina Young & V. Daniel Castracane. (2021) Perils of prolonged ovarian suppression and hypoestrogenism in the treatment of breast cancer: Is the risk of treatment worse than the risk of recurrence?. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 525, pages 111181.
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Miriam Heinig, Sarina Schwarz & Ulrike Haug. (2021) Self-selection for mammography screening according to use of hormone replacement therapy: A systematic literature review. Cancer Epidemiology 71, pages 101812.
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Terri DeNeui, Judith Berg & Alexandra Howson. (2019) Best practices in care for menopausal patients: 16 years after the Women's Health Initiative. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 31:7, pages 420-427.
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Robert L. Reid & Bryden A. Magee. (2015) Confronting the challenges of the menopausal transition. Women's Midlife Health 1:1.
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Philip M. SarrelValentine Y. NjikeValentina VinanteDavid L. Katz. (2013) The Mortality Toll of Estrogen Avoidance: An Analysis of Excess Deaths Among Hysterectomized Women Aged 50 to 59 Years. American Journal of Public Health 103:9, pages 1583-1588.
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Kathy Abernethy. (2013) Promoting confidence in HRT. Independent Nurse 2013:3.
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