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This page contains links to content about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) - treatment with sex hormones to replace those no longer being produced. Women may take oestrogen alone, or more usually, oestrogen and progesterone after natural or early menopause. Men may take testosterone after having both testicles removed during cancer treatment. HRT should not be taken by people with hormone dependent cancers.
Researchers have found that HRT may increase the risk of certain cancers, including breast cancer.
- There’s more information about HRT and cancer risk on our CancerHelp UK website.
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Hormone replacement therapy is a sub-category of Causes of cancer, Hormones, Treatment and Hormone therapy
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Latest Hormone replacement therapy news from Cancer Research UK
- Press Release: Trial launched into testosterone replacement for male cancer survivors
28 June 2012 - News story: CBT is effective for menopausal symptoms after breast cancer treatment
15 February 2012 - News story: US study suggests HRT may make lung cancer more deadly
22 September 2009 - News story: Breast cancer risk declines after women stop taking HRT
6 February 2009 - News story: Study confirms previous findings on HRT and breast cancer type
16 January 2008 - News story: Breast cancer fall may be linked to HRT
15 December 2006 - News story: Cancer Research UK voices caution on HRT report
13 April 2006 - Press Release: HRT and breast cancer: results of the Million Women study
7 August 2003 - Press Release: What women on HRT need to know
19 September 2002
- News story: Oestrogen-only HRT after hysterectomy 'may protect against breast cancer'
7 March 2012 - News story: Researchers defend HRT breast cancer study
17 January 2012 - News story: More evidence for HRT link to ovarian cancer
16 July 2009 - News story: HRT study provides more evidence of bowel cancer risk reduction
9 January 2009 - Press Release: HRT increases incidence and deaths from ovarian cancer
19 April 2007 - News story: Weigh HRT risks carefully, says Cancer Research UK
11 May 2006 - Press Release: HRT and endometrial cancer - results from the million women study
28 April 2005 - Press Release: Why women take HRT
11 December 2002
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Cancer Research UK is a major funder of the Million Women Study, which is investigating the effects of HRT and other lifestyle and reproductive factors on women’s health.
