{"id":1373,"date":"2014-10-01T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:17:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:17:33","slug":"cancer-has-been-linked-to-popular-menopause-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/01\/cancer-has-been-linked-to-popular-menopause-medication\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Has Been Linked to Popular Menopause Medication"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1374\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1374\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/MP9004422822-200x132.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer Linked To Menopause Medication\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/MP9004422822-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/MP9004422822.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer Linked To Menopause Medication<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two new studies appear to have decided the debate over whether there is a causal link between cancer and menopause hormone therapy. The answer is YES.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Menopause Drug Linked to Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In recent cancer news, a Canadian Cancer Society report concludes that a popular estrogen-based menopause drug has caused <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/Cases.aspx#Breast\">breast cancer<\/a> in thousands of Canadian women.<\/p>\n<p>As reported in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2014\/08\/11\/cancer_linked_to_menopause_drug_in_new_report.html\">The Star<\/a><\/em>, the report states: \u201cThe body of evidence to date overwhelmingly points to a causal connection between the use of Premplus and the development of invasive breast cancer in women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report has sparked a Canadian class-action lawsuit against the drug\u2019s manufacturer, Wyeth Canada. Owned by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Wyeth has denied that Premplus causes breast cancer, stating that the medication is \u201csafe and effective when used as directed.\u201d A Vancouver court will hear the lawsuit in October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HRT Doubles Cancer Risk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In corroborating cancer news, a large federal study in the U.S. has found that menopause hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications double <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/23\/more-breast-cancer-myths-and-facts\/\">breast cancer<\/a> risk when taken for five years. In women taking estrogen and progestin pills, cancer risk increased in just two years.<\/p>\n<p>However, halting hormone replacement therapy returned cancer risk levels to normal in about two years. Given study findings, researchers believe breast cancer risk would not increase for most women if hormone replacement therapy was stopped within three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an excellent message for women: You can still diminish risk (by quitting), even if you\u2019ve been on hormones for a long time,\u201d Dr. Claudine Isaacs of Georgetown University told <em>The Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/default.aspx\">Issels integrative immunotherapy<\/a> offers personalized non-toxic treatments for breast and other cancers. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/questionnaire\/questionnaire.aspx\">Contact us for information about integrative oncology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new studies appear to have decided the debate over whether there is a causal link between cancer and menopause hormone therapy. The answer is YES. Menopause Drug Linked to Cancer In recent cancer news, a Canadian Cancer Society report concludes that a popular estrogen-based menopause drug has caused breast cancer in thousands of Canadian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/01\/cancer-has-been-linked-to-popular-menopause-medication\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cancer Has Been Linked to Popular Menopause Medication<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203,216,204],"tags":[243,228,369,368,276],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","category-immunotherapy","category-living-with-cancer","tag-breast-cancer","tag-cancer-cell-growth","tag-cancer-recovery","tag-coping-with-cancer","tag-low-fat-diets-and-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1375,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/1375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}