Breast Cancer

How are Bio-identical Hormones and Synthetic Hormones Different?

by Mia Lundin on July 27, 2011

Ever since the now infamous World Health Initiative study came to a grinding halt in 2002, skittish physicians, fearful of putting their patients at an increased risk for breast cancer, coronary heart disease or stroke, have been reluctant to prescribe hormone replacement therapy for their patients.  Likewise, frightened women have avoided hormone replacement therapy all [...]

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Estrogen Alone Is Effective for Reducing Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds

by Mia Lundin on May 17, 2011

Published inScienceDaily (Dec. 9, 2010) — While endogenous estrogen (i.e., estrogen produced by ovaries and by other tissues) does have a well-known carcinogenic impact, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) utilizing estrogen alone (the exogenous estrogen) provides a protective effect in reducing breast cancer risk, according to study results presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio [...]

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