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All this might help:

“Tucker conservatively estimates an extra 1400 cases of breast cancer, 1200 of heart disease, and 1400 of stroke against 860 fewer hip fractures and 1000 cases of colorectal cancer per year in the United States alone.*

McPherson K BMJ 2004; 328;357-8

* Tucker G. Comments from reviewer, Climacteric 2003;6:310-4

since then of course the cancer registry data has documented the attributable rise in incidence for breast cancer at least.

from Ravdin, NEJM, 2007

excuse the type but I am cutting and pasting from PPT !

Klim McPherson PhD FFPH FMedSci
Visiting Professor of Public Health Epidemiology
New College
University of Oxford
Mobile 07711335993

From: Evidence based health (EBH) [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Howick [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 04 March 2011 12:06
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Subject: HRT mortality

Dear All,

Does anyone know roughly how many women died as a result of taking HRT? Would be great to get deaths from various causes and sources.

Thanks, and have a great weekend!

Jeremy