Breast most cancers charges dropped by half in tandem with the discontinuation of hormone alternative remedy, based on a examine revealed on-line within the Journal of the Nationwide Most cancers Institute. The examine was reported within the Telegraph in the UK.
The Telegraph stated:
“Dr Prithwish De, of the Canadian Most cancers Society, and colleagues, discovered that use of HRT dropped from 12.7 per cent in 2002 to 4.9 per cent in 2004.
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Throughout the identical interval breast most cancers charges dropped by 9.6 per cent despite the fact that the identical variety of girls had been having mammography exams.
Between 2004 and 2006 use of HRT remained secure at round 5 per cent of girls aged 50 to 59 however breast most cancers charges started to extend once more.
Dr De wrote: ‘The outcomes assist the hypothesised hyperlink between using hormone alternative remedy and invasive breast most cancers incidence and point out that the sharp decline in breast most cancers incidence in 2002 is probably going defined by the concurrent decline in using hormone alternative remedy amongst Canadian girls.'”
The examine’s authors stated these numbers assist present proof of the hyperlink between HRT and breast most cancers.