Plaintiffs May Argue That Short-Term HRT Use Caused Breast Cancer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal judge has ruled that testimony supporting a link between breast cancer and short-term use of hormone replacement therapy should not be excluded as insufficient under Daubert. Hill v. Wyeth, et al., No. 05-546 (E.D. Ark.).

Judge William R. Wilson Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas said Aug. 7 that the supporting data, based on the Million Woman Study, has not been challenged as unreliable by defendants and should therefore be presented to jurors.

"Although Defendants refer to many studies that have a different conclusion [than the Million Woman …