Women, who undergo hormone therapy and end up with symptoms like their breasts getting sore, are twice more likely to develop breast cancer and are at a higher risk of developing the cancer. Women who underwent hormone therapy and whose breasts did not become tender had reduced risk of cancer.
Scientists now believe that in women breast tenderness can be used to identify if they had a risk of developing cancer or not. An increase in breast tenderness can be easily detected by physicians.
One team analyzed data from nearly 16 thousand women, who were taking medications like estrogen and progestin, and found that these women were more likely to develop breast cancer. Doctors now believe that hormone replacement therapy is far better for women who are suffering from severe menopause side effects and also suggest that at the same time they should take the lowest possible dosage for a short period of time.
Women who took hormone treatment and had tender breasts had tripled the risk of developing breast cancer.
The question that comes to mind is whether women who are taking hormone therapy should continue the treatment or not. Also, did hormone therapy play a role in increasing the tenderness of the breast? These findings are not yet conclusive in any way and also it has not been found how hormone therapy actually promotes breast cancer. In addition, there is another unanswered question which is why breast tenderness causes cancer. There are several questions that need to be answered and whether breast tenderness is a symptom or the cause.
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