Reply #4: We asked when HRT will be taken off the market

[OzarkDem]

I'm at the conference. The researchers seem fairly confident that HRT accounts for most of the decrease. Most of this data came out earlier this year, but this study is finally hitting the news media.

Now keep in mind, not all breast cancers are affected by HRT - they're saying a lot of non-malignant tumors or atypical cells will never go beyond that until HRT is introduced. Obviously, other women will still get breast cancer even if they never used HRT.
Also, the type of cancer generated by HRT is less aggressive.

The biggest environmental factor that causes breast cancer is estrogen. So that means any type of estrogen - bioidentical, plant based, natural, etc. is the same, just as risky as HRT.

They'll feel more confident about the HRT link with a few more years of data from the Women's Health Initiative study.

But if you take HRT for menopausal symptoms, seriously consider stopping it. There are other ways to manage side effects of menopause. They're not ready to consider pulling it off the market either. Some women do still need it for medical reasons and they fear many women would switch to bioidenticals which would be just as bad.