According to a new study published in the Lancet, the risk of developing breast cancer for those on Hormone Replacement Therapy is twice as high as researchers previously thought
For years, medical researchers have assured patients that hormone replacement therapy—a common treatment to alleviate symptoms of menopause—triggers, with the likelihood being as high as one in 50 that someone who is on the most common form of HRT for five years will develop breast cancer.
The researchers found that for women of average weight in Western countries, five years of using estrogen plus a daily progestogen hormone therapy, starting at age 50, was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer up to age 70. That’s an increase of about one extra cancer case in every 50 users of the therapy, according to the research.Similarly, five years of using estrogen plus intermittent progestogen hormone therapy was tied to an increased risk, from 6.3% to 7.7%, representing an increase of one extra cancer case in every 70 users of the therapy, the research suggests.
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