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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)


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Alternate Names : ERT (Estrogen Replacement Therapy), HRT

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Ovarian cancer

In another study, published by the National Cancer Institute in 2002, women who use estrogen therapy alone have an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. This risk increases with the number of years a woman uses estrogen.

For women who used estrogen for 20 or more years, the risk of ovarian cancer was three times that of women who did not use estrogen.

This study did not have enough women to assess the potential risk of an estrogen/progestin combination on the risk of ovarian cancer.

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• Definition
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• Menopause symptoms
• Heart disease
• Strokes
• Blood clots/thromboembolic disease
• Osteoporosis
• Breast cancer
• Uterine cancer/endometrial cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Colon cancer
• Gallbladder disease
• Urinary incontinence
• Depression
• Alzhemier's disease
• Side effects from hrt
• Summary of risks/benefits
• Forms of hrt
• Healthy lifestyle
• Calling your health care provider
• Pictures & Images

Review Date : 8/21/2002
Reviewed By : Donna R. Cooper, MD, MPH. Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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