Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked To Ovarian Cancer.

Ovarian cancer is a deadly disease. Up till now there has not been any significant test to screen for the disease in its early stages. The recent finding from a British study that appeared in the Lancet is frightening since its use may have resulted in a thousand deaths since 1991. The study was from the million women study. 30% were current users of hormone replacement therapy and 20% were past users. Current users had 1-2 fold greater risk for ovarian cancer than never user. The highest risk was for serous tumors in women with epithelial cancer, with current users at 1.53 times the risk as never users. The consensus is that current advice to take estrogen replacement therapy will not change however women should take hormone replacement therapy for a short time.