Interesting BRCA article 9/24/08 from Canadian Press

BRCA NEWSWORTHY

Hormone Rx May Protect Women With Breast Cancer Gene

You can follow the link to get the entire story!

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/HealthScout/080924/6092415AU.html

The article is written by Amanda Gardner from the Canadian Press- Healthday Reporter.

It tells us about a study done on postmenopausal BRCA positive women who took HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and were found to have a reduced risk of breast cancer. According to Dr. Steven Narod & Dr. Amos Pines the results of the test deem HRT safe for postmenopausal women.

Others like Dr. Regine Sitruk-Ware do not feel as safe recommending HRT to their BRCA positive patients! They feel BRCA positive women should have very little estrogen as possible.

I gathered from the article that women electing to have ovaries & fallopian tubes removed were safer.

So again…nothing concrete or new…just thought I’d share!

More information can be found at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/brca.