Uterine Cancer - Hormone Therapy And Disease: Menopause
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Uterine cancer
Estrogen-only hormone therapy more than doubles the risk of uterine (or endometrial) cancer, and the risk stays high five or more years after stopping. For this reason, women who have not had a hysterectomy are advised to take estrogen in combination with a progestogen, which counteracts the increased risk. Earlier research, as well as the WHI findings, found no increased risk for uterine cancer in women who took combined hormone therapy.
| Last updated: | August 13, 2007 |
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