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[Taz2]

I'm not sure how accurate this is but thought it might be of interest http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/426718/Higher-cancer-risk-for-slim-women-during-HRT-menopause-medication

Taz x

[Elena]

Given that it's the Daily Express.....

what about slim women with big boobs?!

[Taz2]

I know what you mean about it being the Express Millie  It's explained a bit more thoroughly here I think http://www.livescience.com/39380-hormone-therapy-risks.html   It's interesting that black women are at less risk and also that the fat content of the breast also affects the risk i.e. more fat content less cancer risk. Obviously there is more research needed but maybe in the future different aspects of our lives will determine which type of HRT we are prescribed and thus lessen our risks?

Taz

[Winterose]

Am assuming this was all tested on Premarin taken as tablet form , know more fat ladies with breast cancer than thin ones,

[Taz2]

I didn't notice they mentioned Premarin. All of my friends who have had breast cancer were slim. So it just goes to show that nothing is set in stone but the more that can be found out the better chance we have of making an informed decision.

Taz

[honeybun]

I am slim with small breasts.....always have been. I always wanted a bigger chest. Never been over 9 stone in my life. I thought staying slim as a positive thing to do.

To be honest there is so much conflicting information that I have decided to ignore the whole lot.

I will continue to try and stay fit (ish) . To eat as healthily as I can, not to drink too much. All things in moderation.....after that really what else can you do.

Honeyb
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[countrybumpkin]

Really strange that I know alot more very slim women with small breasts who have had breast cancer, which really amazed me as I thought they would have less risk??? what I don't know is if they were taking hrt as well??

[Ju Ju]

So there is a positive side to having big boobs, Taz2? 

[Taz2]

Not sure - it seems to be based on the density of the breast not the size. You can have small breasts with dense tissue and large breasts with less dense tissue I suppose.

Taz

[CLKD]

I was severely under-weight when I was diagnosed.  But apart from 2 months of HRT several years previously, I had suffered heavy, painful periods for years, bad PMT in my 30s - I had taken the Pill for 11 years, stopped in the 1980s.

I think it's genetic probability rather than weight ;-) - wonder when this 'study' was done and how?  Peer reviewed .......... 

[panthers]

Going to ingore this completely.  Still on HRT - still reducing - down to 3mg a week of Kliovance instead of 14 mg as first prescribed.  Will be 60 next month and the way I have reduced my dosage is working for me.  I can remember the big scare when I first started taking it and many woman came off HRT.  It has given me quality of life and I don't know what I would have done without it.

[Elena]

Always best to weigh up the pros and cons for yourself personally.

D Express and D Mail are harbingers of doom who think a woman's place is in the home deprived of all mod cons and medicines that might lead them to think they deserve a life of their own!

[CLKD]

The Telegraph ran a headline yesterday    ............ was not impressed.  Of course, this morning I can't remember the headline 

[Ju Ju]

  Just had a chuckle at your post.

[Meg]

Another report which again leads to more confusion amongst women.  I must say that I had thought that being overweight generally increased the chances of getting cancer but who knows.

Meg