Younger Women on HRT May Be at Risk for Colon Polyp Recurrence – (05-03-01)



Younger Women on HRT May Be at Risk for Colon Polyp Recurrence

If there are so many potential negative effects of synthetic HRT, why is it still on the tip of most physician’s tongues when a woman approaches menopause? Every woman who is perimenopausal needs to evaluate why she would consider HRT and see if there are any natural, safer alternatives.

(article) Although estrogen has been shown to protect against colon polyp formation, National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers said here on Tuesday that younger women on hormone replacement therapy may be at risk for developing new polyps after they have already had some removed. For unknown reasons, women under the age of 62 had an increased risk of recurrence, NCI scientist Dr. Karen Woodson said in presenting data from the institute’s Polyp Prevention Trial here at the 92nd annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer research

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