Breast cancer rate plunged 7 pct. in '03
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061215/ap_on_he_me/breast_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061214/i/r3548191720.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=_95MIvZv.eH_JgMHX567qA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A doctor examines a breast X-Ray in an undated file photo. A sharp decline in new breast cancer cases in 2003 in the United States have come because millions of older women ceased hormone replacement therapy the previous year, researchers said on Thursday. REUTERS/National Cancer Institute/Handout" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. breast cancer rates plunged an unprecedented 7 percent in 2003, the year after millions of women stopped taking menopause hormones when a study showed the pills raise the risk of tumors.</p><br clear="all"/>