Are older breast carcinoma survivors willing to take hormone replacement therapy?

✍ Scribed by Patricia A. Ganz; Gail A. Greendale; Barbara Kahn; June F. O'Leary; Katherine A. Desmond

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 104 KB
• Volume: 86
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990901)86:5<814::aid-cncr17>3.0.co;2-d

✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND.

Breast carcinoma survivors are the largest segment of the expanding cancer survivor community. As a result, there has been increasing discussion of the safety and efficacy of hormone replacement therapy for women with a past history of breast carcinoma. Little is known about the willingness of older breast carcinoma survivors to accept hormone replacement therapy for the alleviation of menopausal symptoms (such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and urinary incontinence) or for reduction in the risk of serious heart disease or osteoporotic hip fracture.