Oestrogen HRT offers cancer protection
7th March 2012
Oestrogen-only HRT continues to protect postmenopausal women against invasive breast cancer, even years after they stop taking the treatment, research finds.
A study of more than 7500 postmenopausal women with hysterectomy found those receiving oestrogen for six years were 20% less likely to develop breast cancer than placebo-controlled patients, over almost 12 years of follow-up.
Women taking oestrogen were also significantly less likely to die from breast cancer than those who never used HRT,