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The Impact of Hormone Replacement Therapy on the Detection and Stage of Breast Cancer
Julie Cheek, MD;
Judith Lacy, MD;
SuEllen Toth-Fejel, PhD;
Katherine Morris, MD;
Kristine Calhoun, MD;
Rodney F. Pommier, MD
Arch Surg. 2002;137:1015-1021.
Hypothesis Patients who receive hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and subsequently develop breast cancer are more likely to be diagnosed by palpation than mammography and have a higher stage of cancer at initial diagnosis.
Design Retrospective case series.
Setting University hospital.
Patients Two hundred ninety-two patients with breast cancer who were postmenopausal.
Interventions Clinical examination, mammography, and definitive therapy.
Main Outcome Measures Hormone replacement therapy use, mode of cancer detection, tumor size, nodal status, stage, and survival.
Results Patients receiving HRT prior to diagnosis had significantly more incidences of mammographically detected tumors, ductal carcinoma in situ, T1 lesions, negative nodes, and better survival rates than nonusers.
Conclusions A history of HRT use had only beneficial and no discernible adverse effects on breast cancer detection and outcomes. These effects of HRT seem to be due to the development of less aggressive tumors rather than earlier detection.
From the Section of Surgical Oncology, Department of General Surgery, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland (Drs Lacy, Toth-Fejel, Morris, Calhoun, and Pommier); and the Department of General Surgery, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio (Dr Cheek).
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