9/4/08
Breast Cancer: Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) may be an even bigger cause than previously thought
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may have been an even bigger cause of breast cancer than previously suspected.
Since the use of hormone replacement therapy started to decline in 2002 because of the publicity surrounding its carcinogenic effects, rates of breast cancer around the world also began to fall.
Although breast cancer is still the most common cancer in women, rates of new cases are now at an all-time low in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United States.
Australian researchers discovered the downward trend there was among women aged 50 and older when they were more likely to start taking HRT. This pattern has been repeated in other countries. For example, Norwegian researchers have noticed a similar decline in breast cancer, and that decline is in line with the decreasein the use of HRT. Click to Read More... as reported on WDDTY
Source: The Lancet, 2008; 372: 608-10
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Since the use of hormone replacement therapy started to decline in 2002 because of the publicity surrounding its carcinogenic effects, rates of breast cancer around the world also began to fall.
Although breast cancer is still the most common cancer in women, rates of new cases are now at an all-time low in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United States.
Australian researchers discovered the downward trend there was among women aged 50 and older when they were more likely to start taking HRT. This pattern has been repeated in other countries. For example, Norwegian researchers have noticed a similar decline in breast cancer, and that decline is in line with the decreasein the use of HRT. Click to Read More... as reported on WDDTY
Source: The Lancet, 2008; 372: 608-10
Labels: BREAST CANCER, CANCER, HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, HRT
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