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Reply to "Why does my doctor say HRT for women under 50 is not safe but everyone around me is taking it and feeling good?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I think the key is that the increased risk of cancer compounds the longer you take it, so many doctors will prefer you to wait or take BC through peri, and then start you on HRT after 50, or when you are in full meno, to reduce the number of lifetime years taking HRT. No one is denying that it increases the risk of cancer, but the increase in risk if taken for less than 5 years is only something like 0.5% (it's in the Times article) but does start to creep up there percentage wise if you take it for longer. IMO as someone who had hormone receptive cancer, i think what likely happens is if you have a precancerous lesion or proclivity, or a stage 0 cancer, you will see HRT accelerate the progression of that cancer. That's what happened to me with my cancer and IVF/ pregnancy.[/quote]
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