Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

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Postmenopausal Breast Cancer. Though menopause itself does not cause breast cancer the chance of developing breast cancer increases the older you get. Most of the time breast pain is not a sign of breast cancer or anything serious especially when.

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These findings were presented last week at the virtual san antonio breast cancer symposium sabcs. In addition some of the drugs. Whether she s apple or a pear shaped whether she.

These findings may save tens of thousands of postmenopausal women each year the time.

It also appears the longer your breast tissue is exposed to estrogen the greater your breast cancer risk. Women of menopausal age are at an increased risk for breast cancer. Postmenopausal patients with estrogen positive breast cancer can be safely treated with either tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor but generally speaking aromatase inhibitors have better efficacy and do not increase risk of blood clots or uterine cancer says stan lipkowitz m d a senior investigator with the women s malignancies branch of the national cancer institute center for cancer research. These findings may save tens of thousands of postmenopausal women each year the time.