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Re: Premarin long term use

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 15 Jul 2000 21:54:30 -0500 (CDT)

At Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Nancy wrote: >
>Does the incidence of of breast cancer continue to increase with long
>term use of premarin after 8-10 years. I have been taking premarin for
>almost 20 years. I am considering switching to evista but am reluctent
>to give up the documented multiple benefits of premarin.

An excellent question but the data are not clear on this. If the answer turns out to be yes, the increase is slight (but not to be ignored due to the real concerns about breast cancer).

At this moment, the American College of Ob-Gyn is still supporting the use of ERT and HRT. 

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York


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