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Abnormal Mammogram

HRT can cause abnormal mammograms

October 03, 2008
A new study suggests that women who take combined hormone therapy may have a higher risk of inaccurate mammograms and biopsies. HRT makes breast tissue denser, which makes it harder to get an accurate reading from a mammogram, according to researchers. The increase in abnormal mammograms lasted for at least 12 months even after women stopped taking hormone therapy, the study found. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Breast Cancer In the News: New Technology, Research on Metastasis, Heart Damage
By Beth Brophy , Health Expert

...radiologist with a large collection of normal and abnormal mammograms in a database. The new... Read more »

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HRT: Another Reason to Avoid It.
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...estrogen/progesterone experience significantly more abnormal mammograms, and undergo many more... Read more »

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Computer-Aided Mammography Detection
By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert

...important to realize that there are many questionable or abnormal mammograms that do not... Read more »

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Your annual physical: It's especially important if you have Herpes
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

How time slips by. It's already March and I'm just now finishing scheduling the medical and dental... Read more »

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Digital Mammography and Breast MRI: What's Newer and Better Out There?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

Breast Cancer Screening News Update: Yesterday, March 27, the American Cancer Society issued new... Read more »

Health Guide

Menopause: Medications
...while women at higher risk tend to have more breast cancers. In addition, estrogen therapy may cause abnormal mammogram results. Breast tissue density increases with HRT, which makes mammograms... Read more »
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening: Breast Self Exam and Mammograms
Breast Examination by a Health Professional. Early detection of breast cancer significantly reduces the risk of death. Women between the ages of 20 and 49 should have a physical examination... Read more »
Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Ethnicity, Race, Genes, and Family History
Experts estimate that about 211,240 new cases of invasive female breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2005. About 1,690 breast cancer cases will be diagnosed in men... Read more »
Premenstrual Syndrome: Symptoms
Nearly every woman at some point has some symptoms as menstruation approaches. For about half of these women, symptoms are mild and do not affect normal daily life. The other half report... Read more »
Type 1 Diabetes
Long-Term ComplicationsType 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates... Read more »

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Mammogram

Mammogram image and information. Mammograms are used in breast cancer diagnosis and diagnosis of other breast problems.... Read more »

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