Menopause therapy treatment more likely to get breast cancer
The risks of taking hormone therapy for menopause may have been underestimated, scientists say, as a major new study reveals women taking the medicine could be nearly three times more likely to get breast cancer.
Around one in ten women in their fifties takes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to cope with symptoms such as hot flushes and migraines, as the medication tops up the oestrogen levels reduced by the menopause.
Scientists found that using combined HRT for five years increased the risk of breast cancer by 2.7 times compared to those who had never taken it after analysing 39,000 women.
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