Pooled across 34 studies data from 4.5+ million women showed that MHT use increased breast cancer odds by 15% versus non-use, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A shift toward personalized treatment for breast cancer, ways to help patients live longer without their cancer worsening and a shorter but equally effective treatment for a ...

A drug mimicking the hormone progesterone has anti-cancer activity when used together with conventional anti-estrogen treatment for women with breast cancer, a new Cambridge-led trial has found. A low ...

Women using a certain type of hormone therapy to treat menopause symptoms could be at higher risk for breast cancer, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in The Lancet Oncology, ...

A deeper look reveals a different picture. Combined oral contraceptives are composed of the synthetic estrogen ethinylestradiol (primarily to maintain endometrial stability) and a progestin (synthetic ...

The addition of the hormone progesterone to gender-affirming hormone therapy leads to increased breast growth for transgender people following feminizing hormone therapy. This is demonstrated by an ...

Years after warnings that estrogen therapy could lead to increased cancer risk, a new study has found that it in addition to alleviating hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, it carries little ...

One of the first clues pathologists look for in tissue from a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient is the estrogen receptor, a nuclear protein that converts hormonal messages in the bloodstream into ...

Menopause brings a lot of change, and it’s normal to feel uncertain about what’s happening in your body. Two of the most important hormone players in this transition are estrogen and progesterone.