In the news today, researchers have found additional troubling news about hormone therapy. Studies indicate that lung cancer seems to be more fatal in women taking hormone therapy (estrogen-progestin combination). Smokers currently taking HT should be weaned off, and those thinking about taking hormones should be discouraged, based on these new findings. If HT is used, the lowest dose for the shortest period should be used in these female smokers. Researchers are planning to take a look at those women just using estrogen, to see whether it alone, without progestin, causes the same higher rate of lung cancer fatalities. Lung cancer is the world's top cancer killer with more than 162,000 deaths in the US last year.
Breast cancer survivors who take Tamoxifen should be cautious in their choice of anti-depressant use. A new report found that Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft can interfere with the benefits of the Tamoxifen, wiping out it therapeutic effect completely. This puts those women at a higher rate of breast cancer recurrence. Since not all anti-depressants confound the Tamoxifen benefits, doctors should carefully assess the anti-depressant choice.
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