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Breast Cancer | Last Active: Feb 14, 2020 | Replies (9)
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@danielad
Great post, Dee, although I wish the circumstances could be different for you. Before you dismiss the AIs, however, you should be advised that women appear to remain at increased risk more than 10 years after they'd stopped taking HRT.
https://www.nhs.uk/news/cancer/study-suggests-hrt-carries-higher-risk-breast-cancer-thought/
It certainly came as a shock to me.

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Dee | @danielad | Feb 12, 2020

Hi @elizm, thanks for your words and information regarding HRT and its potential long-term risk. I read the article you sent me; however, I wonder what the 10+ years increased risk for breast cancer is due to. It cannot be the amounts of estrogen and progesterone still in the body, as there would not be anything left after a short period of time from stopping HRT. So I wonder what else could be at play? Why would the HRT potentially present a 10+ years increased risk? Do you know?

Thanks -- Dee

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