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More adipose tissue increases breast cancer risk after menopause

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By: Michael Monostra From: healio.com Higher amounts of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue are associated with an increased risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal women, according to a presenter at ObesityWeek 2022. In findings from nearly 10,000 women who enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative from 1993 to 1998, the risk for breast cancer for postmenopausal women with excess visceral …

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Data on cancer risk from hormone therapy ‘reassuring,’ menopause experts say

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Source: University of Virginia Health System From: eurekalert.org A new scientific paper and other recent evidence offer important reassurances about the risk of breast cancer from hormone therapy to treat menopause symptoms, two University of Virginia School of Medicine menopause experts say. Hormone therapy can help relieve menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disturbances, vaginal issues, sexual problems and …

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Breast Cancer and Menopause: Tips for Managing Symptoms

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From: healthline.com Breast cancer treatments can cause a rapid decline in sex hormone levels, which can trigger early menopause. This is called medical or surgical menopause, or induced menopause. On average, menopause naturally starts around age 51. But medical menopause can happen earlier in your 20s, 30s, or early 40s. For people with breast cancer, menopause symptoms last longer and …

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Estrogen, Menopause, and Breast Cancer

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By: Marty Klein Ph.D. From: psychologytoday.com I come to praise estrogen, for most women entering, and many women already in, menopause. (I’m not here to talk about the use of estrogen in young people. That’s an entirely different matter.) Over 2 million women enter menopause every year—some 6,000 every day. Since more women than ever are living past 50 (when …

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Breast Cancer Risk Increases Threefold On Combined HRT Usage, Study Finds

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By: Mary Pascaline From: ibtimes.com Women who use combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can increase their risk of breast cancer by about three times, researchers found. They added that previous studies had dangerously underestimated this risk. HRT is used to treat menopause symptoms like hot flushes migraines, disrupted sleep, mood changes and depression. Estimates say that at least one in …

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Scientists fear PR campaign underplays HRT cancer risks

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By: Sarah Boseley From: theguardian.com Campaign funded by treatment manufacturer could mislead women before official menopause guidance is released, some scientists fear  A PR campaign to promote the use of hormone replacement therapy in women is under way before official guidance on how to treat the menopause is released, causing some scientists concern that the cancer dangers of the drugs …