The studies are coming through now that point the finger directly at the increased chance of aggressive forms of breast cancer amongst those women who take HRT – hormone replacement therapy. Recent studies had suggested that only those types of cancers that were more treatable had increased in this group, however not so with the latest study. This recent study looked at specifically the HRT that was based on estrogen-plus-progestin, or combined hormone therapy, not estrogen-alone therapy. Over all the rates of all cancers have increased with HRT use, so that the only reason why some women are still given HRT is to combat the effects of menopause that haven’t responded to non-hormonal therapy.
It is strongly recommended that every effort to exhaust all non-hormonal therapies before HRT is contemplated.
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