Fw: Breast density changes with HRT use

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Hi Ladies,

'And how could this density be worse than what the breast implants cause?

Breast Implants cause an additional 37% problem!!!

Think about it! Hormone therapy is 'nothing' compared to Implants!!!

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MM / NSIF

Martha Murdock, Director

National Silicone Implant Foundation

Dallas, Texas Headquarters

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From: Patty <faussettdp@...>

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Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:12 PM

Subject: Fw: Breast density changes with HRT use

>From: Ilena Rose <ilena@...>

>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:25 PM

>Subject: Breast density changes with HRT use

>

>

>> http://www.reutershealth.com/frame/eline.html

>>

>> Breast density changes with HRT use

>>

>> By Amy Norton

>>

>> NEW YORK, Jan 09 (Reuters Health) - Changes in breast density that can be

>> triggered by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) reverse once a woman goes

>> off hormone replacement, research shows.

>>

>> While investigators say the finding is good news, they advise women to

>> talk to their doctor before deciding to stop taking HRT.

>>

>> Researchers have known that HRT can increase the amount of glandular

>> tissue in some women's breasts--reversing the normal effects of aging in

>> which fatty tissue increases and gland tissue declines in the breast.

>>

>> The problem is that glandular tissue is more dense, making cancer tougher

>> to detect on mammograms.

>>

>> Now, a new study of more than 5,200 postmenopausal women confirms that

HRT

>> can increase breast density. But it also shows that breast density

>> declines again when women drop HRT--which is " good news, " lead author Dr.

>> Carolyn M. Rutter told Reuters Health.

>>

>> Rutter and her colleagues at the Group Health ative of Puget Sound

>> in Seattle, Washington, report the findings in the January 10th issue of

>> The Journal of the American Medical Association.

>>

>> The researchers looked at women who had undergone two mammograms between

>> 1996 and 1998. Some women were on HRT throughout that period, while

others

>> had not been. Other women had used HRT before only one of the mammograms.

>>

>> Rutter's team found that compared with non-users, women who either used

>> HRT throughout the study or started therapy before their second

mammograms

>> were more likely to have increases in breast density between mammograms.

>>

>> On the other hand, women who stopped HRT before their second mammogram

>> were more likely than non-users to see their breast density decrease.

>>

>> Despite this density decrease, Rutter stressed that women concerned about

>> breast cancer should not go off HRT on their own. An on-and-off approach

>> to HRT, she noted, could have health risks.

>>

>> One trial has suggested that HRT may raise a woman's risk of

>> cardiovascular disease, but only during the first year. It is unclear,

>> Rutter said, whether this risk would go up every time a woman began HRT

>> anew.

>>

>> " Women on HRT certainly should not stop on their own in order to increase

>> the accuracy of mammography, " Rutter stressed.

>>

>> Moreover, she noted, most women in the study did not have breast density

>> increases, regardless of their HRT use. Still, according to Rutter, women

>> who are concerned about breast cancer risk should consider the current

>> findings in deciding whether to start HRT.

>>

>> SOURCE: The Journal of the American Medical Association 2001;285:171-176.

>>

>>

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>

>

>

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From: Ilena Rose <ilena@...>

Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:25 PM

Subject: Breast density changes with HRT use

> http://www.reutershealth.com/frame/eline.html

>

> Breast density changes with HRT use

>

> By Amy Norton

>

> NEW YORK, Jan 09 (Reuters Health) - Changes in breast density that can be

> triggered by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) reverse once a woman goes

> off hormone replacement, research shows.

>

> While investigators say the finding is good news, they advise women to

> talk to their doctor before deciding to stop taking HRT.

>

> Researchers have known that HRT can increase the amount of glandular

> tissue in some women's breasts--reversing the normal effects of aging in

> which fatty tissue increases and gland tissue declines in the breast.

>

> The problem is that glandular tissue is more dense, making cancer tougher

> to detect on mammograms.

>

> Now, a new study of more than 5,200 postmenopausal women confirms that HRT

> can increase breast density. But it also shows that breast density

> declines again when women drop HRT--which is " good news, " lead author Dr.

> Carolyn M. Rutter told Reuters Health.

>

> Rutter and her colleagues at the Group Health ative of Puget Sound

> in Seattle, Washington, report the findings in the January 10th issue of

> The Journal of the American Medical Association.

>

> The researchers looked at women who had undergone two mammograms between

> 1996 and 1998. Some women were on HRT throughout that period, while others

> had not been. Other women had used HRT before only one of the mammograms.

>

> Rutter's team found that compared with non-users, women who either used

> HRT throughout the study or started therapy before their second mammograms

> were more likely to have increases in breast density between mammograms.

>

> On the other hand, women who stopped HRT before their second mammogram

> were more likely than non-users to see their breast density decrease.

>

> Despite this density decrease, Rutter stressed that women concerned about

> breast cancer should not go off HRT on their own. An on-and-off approach

> to HRT, she noted, could have health risks.

>

> One trial has suggested that HRT may raise a woman's risk of

> cardiovascular disease, but only during the first year. It is unclear,

> Rutter said, whether this risk would go up every time a woman began HRT

> anew.

>

> " Women on HRT certainly should not stop on their own in order to increase

> the accuracy of mammography, " Rutter stressed.

>

> Moreover, she noted, most women in the study did not have breast density

> increases, regardless of their HRT use. Still, according to Rutter, women

> who are concerned about breast cancer risk should consider the current

> findings in deciding whether to start HRT.

>

> SOURCE: The Journal of the American Medical Association 2001;285:171-176.

>

>