The test for breast cancer

If a woman takes hormone replacement therapy preparations of estrogen or progestin, and suddenly felt a pain in my chest, it may be a sign of developing breast cancer. Doctors recommend that in such cases, stop taking hormones and seek medical advice. But, unfortunately, many patients believe that hormone replacement therapy is struggling with pain in the breasts.

A recent study, which was attended by 8500 women taking hormone replacement therapy - progestin and estrogen, as well as the placebo group (so-called "dummy" - a harmless drug simulator) - another 8 100 females. Each year they should do mamogramma.

As a result, those who took hormones, complained of pain in the chest three times more often than in the placebo group. In the period of 5-6 years at 0, 6% of women complained of breast tenderness was indeed diagnosed breast cancer . Also, cancer was detected at 0, 36% of women taking hormones, but without chest pain. Thus, breast tenderness increases the risk by 48%.

Pain may be the first sign of breast cell division and cell proliferation (ie growth of tumors by the organism and cell proliferation) - it is a direct threat of breast cancer .

This finding applies only to those women who use combined hormone replacement therapy .

Meanwhile, in 2002, after the Women's League of Health were received statistics, which showed an increased risk of stroke, heart attacks, and invasive breast cancer in those receiving treatment Hormone replacement therapy First, women were advised not to use hormones for more than 5 years.

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