108 - The Truth About Estrogen and Breast Cancer: What You Should Know - Part 1

For the next few episodes, I'm going to be focusing on the misconceptions around the relationship between estrogen and breast cancer. Many women are surrounded by people (even healthcare professionals) who tell them that estrogen is dangerous after menopause. However, this simply isn't true.

Recently, I have had a few women come to me with similar issues related to menopause. These patients spent years suffering as opposed to seeking options for support. But if we can prevent significant loss of function, why not try it? That's where hormone replacement therapy comes in.

Most women I see who decide to start hormone replacement therapy after menopause are so happy that they did. Instead of following their social conditioning to wait, or even suffer in silence, they decide to set themselves and their health as a priority. The mental shift I'd like to highlight here is instead of thinking "it's not broken, let's not fix it", the thinking should be "it's not broken, let's maintain it."

Many women, including those who are already on hormone therapy, are afraid of taking estrogen due to the misconceptions about its role in breast cancer. For decades, estrogen therapy was recommended as a treatment for women during menopause. But in the early 2000s, a study was released that misled the public on how estrogen impacts women. 

It's important to keep in mind this study was also run by cardiologists, not hormone specialists. In the next few episodes, I'll be shedding more light on this topic, including how this study was done on the wrong women using the wrong medication and method of administration.

 

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