Mini Review
Three visionaries for HRT
Joseph Loze Onwude*
Published: 15 January, 2021 | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Pages: 007-009
When a woman consults a doctor about Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), the first concern is that there is an increased risk of breast cancer with HRT. And this sole reason might be the reason for refusing the offer of HRT. However, this practice has minimal basis and evidence to support it. Although HRT is an umbrella term, women who have no uterus receive oestrogen-only HRT or Estrogen Replacement therapy (ERT). No valid study has linked ERT with an increased risk of breast cancer [1,2].
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DOI: 10.29328/journal.cjog.1001077
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