Menopause
Findings from University of Oslo in Menopause Reported
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 3rd, 2012
2012 MAY 3 -- "Estrogen plus progestin therapy (EPT) in postmenopausal women increases breast cancer risk and mammographic density to a higher extent than does estrogen therapy alone. Data from the randomized placebo-controlled Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions trial showed that EPT-induced increases in serum estrone and estrone sulfate levels were positively correlated with increases in mammographic density," investigators in Oslo, Norway report.
"Here, after adjusting for serum estrone and estrone sulfate levels, we investigated the roles of posttreatment serum progestogen increase and of progesterone receptor gene (PGR) genetic variations...
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