Progesterone only HRT for a high risk candidate

Lori65 · August 2011

I recently found your website and was particularly interested in the section on how HRT increases the incidence of breast. According to what I read the increase is related to the use of both progesterone and estrogen or estrogen only, but I have been prescribed progesterone only. I have been having a very difficult time with hot flashes and night sweats as I move into menopause. Both my mother and maternal grandmother have had breast cancer. What do you know about increased incidence and progesterone only HRT?

thenewme · August 2011

HRT has been discussed lots of times here, and it's a controversial subject. There's a search button in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and a quick search for progesterone returns quite a lot of reading. Here's a link to just one discussion I remember well, since I participated in it:

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/79/topic/757208?page=1#post_2059556

Progesterone only HRT for a high risk candidate

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