News tagged with estrogen plus progestin
Breast cancer rates fall steeply in women who quit combination hormones, follow-up shows
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Breast-cancer rates fell steeply and swiftly among postmenopausal women who quit combination hormones in 2002 after warnings about its potential hazards.
New evidence of hormone therapy causing breast cancer, professor says
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Postmenopausal women who take combined estrogen plus progestin menopausal hormone therapy for at least five years double their annual risk of breast cancer, according to new analyses from a major study that clearly establishes ...
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Hormone therapy associated with reduced colorectal cancer risk
Jan 08, 2009 |
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The combination of estrogen plus progestin, which women stopped taking in droves following the news that it may increase their risk of breast cancer, may decrease their risk of colorectal cancer, according to a report published ...
Hormone mix could cut breast cancer risk and treat symptoms of menopause
Oct 19, 2009 |
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The right combination of estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, could relieve menopause symptoms and cut breast cancer risk, Yale researchers report ...
Breast cancer drug shows promise for treating, preventing progestin-dependent tumors
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Recent studies suggest that human breast cancer risk is increased by outside exposure to the hormone progestin, such as during hormone replacement therapy. Now, a University of Missouri study suggests that PRIMA-1, a small ...
Asian spice could reduce breast cancer risk in women exposed to hormone replacement therapy
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Previous studies have found that postmenopausal women who have taken a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy have increased their risk of developing progestin-accelerated breast tumors. Now, University ...
Cancer risk slightly higher for women in discontinued hormone treatment trial
Mar 04, 2008 |
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A follow up study of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trial led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher has found that women who were taking the combined hormone therapy of ...
Breast tenderness during hormone replacement therapy linked to elevated cancer risk
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Women who developed new-onset breast tenderness after starting estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy were at significantly higher risk for developing breast cancer than women on the combination therapy who didn't ...
Blood cholesterol levels predict risk of heart disease due to hormone therapy
May 23, 2008 |
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A new analysis of a subgroup of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) hormone therapy clinical trials suggests that healthy, postmenopausal women whose blood cholesterol levels are normal or lower are not at ...
Hormone therapy raises cancer risk
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Menopausal women who take hormone combinations for their symptoms are more likely to get an uncommon type of breast cancer much earlier than experts believed.
Study finds it pays to be heart smart if considering hormone therapy
May 22, 2008 |
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A research study has found that a simple blood test may indicate whether post-menopausal hormone therapies present an elevated risk of a heart attack. The study, part of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), sponsored by the ...
Hormone pills may make lung cancer more deadly
May 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- There's more troubling news about hormone therapy for menopause symptoms: Lung cancer seems more likely to prove fatal in women who are taking estrogen-progestin pills, a study suggests.
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