Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer: Weighing the Risks and Benefits

Read and analyze the articles. Also think about any personal experiences with patients, friends, or family members that have had hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer. After completing your analysis of the articles and personal experiences, what education would you give to females that are considering hormonal replacement therapy and its risk of developing breast cancer? Would you recommend hormonal replacement therapy? If so, is there any prefer method of taking the hormone replacement than another (oral, cream, etx)?

PDFs for review:

https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/92/4/328/2624742/Effect-of-Hormone-Replacement-Therapy-on-Breast

https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/95/16/1218/2520391/Body-Mass-Index-Serum-Sex-Hormones-and-Breast

 

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