Should Women Take Hormone Pills to Prevent Breast Cancer?

A new British study that recommended hundreds of thousands of women take hormone therapy pills to prevent breast cancer is taking fire from many U.S. experts who are challenging the U.K. advisory. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence issued draft guidelines for the National Health Service, – the publically funded health service for England – that said “women predisposed to breast cancer because of a strong family history of the disease” should take pills to reduce their risk of breast cancer.