Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could lower the risk of breast cancer for some women, but raise it for others, a new study finds. Results showed that women with a prior hysterectomy and taking HRT were much less likely to develop breast cancer. Additionally, there was lower breast cancer mortality among women on HRT with 30 deaths compared to 46 deaths, a difference of 53 percent. By comparison, in women with uteruses, HRT was linked to statistically significantly higher breast cancer incidence. About 23 percent more women on HRT developed breast cancer with 584 cases compared to 447 cases.

Source: Daily Mail July 28, 2020 15:01 UTC