Hormone Replacment Therapy and Breast Cancer

The risk of breast cancer has long been a concern for women who use hormone replacement therapy. This text provides a balanced clinical assessment of the risk based on observations from clinical trials. It discusses different approaches to therapy, maximum desirable duration of therapy, and the risk/benefit ratio for different kinds of patients.

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The risk of breast cancer has long been a concern of the doctors who prescribe and the women who use hormone replacement therapy. "How much?" and "for how long?" are two of the most commonly asked questions. It has been hard to reach a definitive conclusion as to the degree of risk involved. This text examines the latest data in the field and provides a balanced clinical assessment of the risk based on observations from many clinical trials. It discusses different approaches to therapy, maximum desirable duration of therapy and the risk/benefit ratio for different kinds of patients.