Giving HRT to breast cancer survivors does NOT raise risk of reoccurence, myth-busting study claims

Giving HRT to breast cancer survivors does NOT raise risk of reoccurence, myth-busting study claims Giving breast cancer survivors hormone replacement therapy is safe, according to myth-debunking research.

Doctors have for decades avoided recommending HRT to women who have beaten the disease over fears it would trigger a recurrence.

Danish scientists have now dismissed the concerns, sparked by just two studies in the 1990s. They found there was no increased risk of recurrence for women on HRT. The Daily Mail

See also: 

• Systemic or Vaginal Hormone Therapy After Early Breast Cancer: A Danish Observational Cohort Study (open access) Journal of the National Cancer Institute
• Hormone replacement therapy may be safe after breast cancer treatment New Scientist