Leading US oncologist Dr Avrum Bluming joins Dr Louise Newson to talk about the crucial role of oestrogen in women’s health.
Despite HRT’s proven benefits in protecting against heart disease, bone fracture and cognitive decline, many women still avoid it over breast cancer fears.
It’s been more than 20 years since media headlines about a study called the Women’s Health Initiative linked HRT to an increased risk of breast cancer. In this podcast, Dr Bluming says that in fact we now know oestrogen alone decreases the risk of breast cancer development by 23% and risk of death from breast cancer by 40%.
He also disputes the findings of the WHI study that combined progesterone and oestrogen HRT leads to a small increase in breast cancer cases.
‘It is very upsetting when such an influential study continues to misquote their own data,’ says Dr Bluming, who has spent 25 years studying the benefits and risks of HRT in breast cancer survivors.
Dr Bluming points out that oestrogen used to be a treatment for breast cancer before chemotherapy was developed, and that rates of breast cancer increase as we age, despite the fact our oestrogen levels fall as we get older.
You can read about Dr Bluming's latest paper here, and listen to an earlier podcast Dr Newson and Dr Bluming recorded here.
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093 - The midlife method to losing weight and feeling great - Sam Rice and Dr Louise Newson
092 - Menopause care and education in the United States and Britain - Heather Hirsch and Dr Louise Newson
091 - Being Young & Menopausal - Hayley Etherington & Dr Louise Newson
090 - Talking About Menopause with Women From Ethnic Minorities - Rushna Mia & Dr Louise Newson
089 - The Benefits of HRT - Professor Isaac Manyonda & Dr Louise Newson
088 - Endometriosis and the Menopause - Chris Mann & Dr Louise Newson
087 - Menopause Education for GPs - Dr Tosin Taiwo & Dr Louise Newson
086 - Lockdown & Weight Loss - Emma Ellice-Flint & Dr Louise Newson
085 - Medical Menopause - Emma McAuley & Dr Louise Newson
084 - Menopause and Health - Dr Annice Mukherjee & Dr Louise Newson
083 - The Importance of Lifestyle During the Menopause - Amanda Thebe & Dr Louise Newson
082 - The Personal & Professional Costs of the Menopause - Chris Oglesby & Dr Louise Newson
081 - Pilates & the Menopause - Dinah Siman & Dr Louise Newson
080 - ”How My Work Was Affected by the Menopause” - Kate Halfpenny & Dr Louise Newson
079 - Media & the Menopause - Nadia Sawalha & Dr Louise Newson
078 - Urogenital Symptoms of the Menopause - Lavinia Winch & Dr Louise Newson
077 - Spoon-Fed: Food & Tim Spector - Tim Spector & Dr Louise Newson
076 - Menopause and Employment Law - Victoria Duddles & Dr Louise Newson
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