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Estrogen and breast cancerFrom: Richard Chudacoff, MD (rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com)Fri Jul 23 09:37:42 2004
I am trying to break down the estrogen/breast cancer/WHI dilemma to its basic components, and have whittled it down to this question: assuming that a patient is GOING to get breast cancer (since if they don't, the whole issue of HRT is moot) is it better to be on estrogen or not on estrogen? I remember the JAMA article around 1998 (Trudy Bush I believe) which stated that women taking estrogen had a more well differentiated, therefore more treatable form of cancer than women who developed breast cancer not on estrogen. What are your feelings on this? If so, and breast women do better if they develop breast CA on HRT, would it not make sense to start, even if there are no menopausal symptoms?
-- Richard Chudacoff, MD
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