Task: Explanation
Input (English): Paragraph: The cost of hormone replacement therapy is not in question. Of the 34,433 HRT users, 193 were diagnosed with colon cancer during the study period; that compared with 151 cases among the 13,778 women who had never used hormone replacement. HRT — with either estrogen alone or a combination of estrogen and progestin — was linked to a lower colon cancer risk even when the researchers accounted for the women’s age, weight, exercise levels and race. Claim: Hormone replacement tied to lower colon cancer risk
Output (English): In only 546 words, this story covered most of the bases – providing absolute data from a big trial, saying that the findings support earlier theories, but warning that this does not change earlier advice about HRT. This story was judicious and cautious – two important characteristics in discussing hormone replacement therapy and colon cancer.