There was a significant drop in 2003 in the rate of breast cancer occurrence in women, and apparently medical research and conclusions are pointing to the fact that the nearly 9% decrease in the breast cancer rate – a statistically significant drop for such a short period of time, was definitely linked to the same time that women in their menopausal years stopped taking hormone treatments.

The hormone treatments were abruptly stopped by so many women this year because of news that hormone treatments, the kind you get as HRT or Hormone Replacement Therapy in a doctor’s office, were widely speculated and linked to heart risks, bumps in breast cancer rates, and other potentially deadly side effects if continued use was administered. 

This was especially true for breast cancer tumors that depended on hormones (estrogen) for growth apparently, that were being fed by the hormone replacement therapy, which is a potent treatment that gives women a mix of hormones that are supposed to help ease the symptoms of menopause including hot flashes, vaginal dryness, hair growth in weird places, flushing, mood swings and other unpleasantries of menopause. 

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