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S2 Ep92: The Estrogen and Cancer Conundrum
Uterine? Ovarian? Cervical? Lung? Breast? Colon?
Hormone therapy really needs a PR firm. Most people think it is right up there with cigarettes and asbestos as something that will more likely than not, give you not only breast cancer, but also other life-threatening cancers. In this episode, I am going to set the record straight and tell you the facts when it comes to using systemic estrogen (both birth control pills and menopause hormone therapy) and your risk of getting ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer and the three most common non-gynecologic cancers. If you already have one of those kinds of cancers, I’m going to give you the latest data on when it is OK to take estrogen, and when is not OK to take estrogen.
In response to listener questions, I discuss if estrogen therapy is associated with:
If you would like to record a question:
https://www.drstreicher.com/podcast#ask
Other episodes of interest:
Episode 28: The BEST approach for BREAST Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction with Dr. Lisa Larkin
Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Episode 35 Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Episode 52 Yes, You CAN Reduce Your Cancer Risk By 33% with Selene Yaeger
Episode 57 Uterine Cancer: Reducing Your Risk
Episode 65- The Dilemma of Menopause and Breast Cancer with Dr. Corrine Menn
Episode 67- How Long Can you Safely Take Hormone Therapy?
Episode 80 When Progesterone is a Problem
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
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Uterine? Ovarian? Cervical? Lung? Breast? Colon?
Hormone therapy really needs a PR firm. Most people think it is right up there with cigarettes and asbestos as something that will more likely than not, give you not only breast cancer, but also other life-threatening cancers. In this episode, I am going to set the record straight and tell you the facts when it comes to using systemic estrogen (both birth control pills and menopause hormone therapy) and your risk of getting ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer and the three most common non-gynecologic cancers. If you already have one of those kinds of cancers, I’m going to give you the latest data on when it is OK to take estrogen, and when is not OK to take estrogen.
In response to listener questions, I discuss if estrogen therapy is associated with:
If you would like to record a question:
https://www.drstreicher.com/podcast#ask
Other episodes of interest:
Episode 28: The BEST approach for BREAST Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction with Dr. Lisa Larkin
Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Episode 35 Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Episode 52 Yes, You CAN Reduce Your Cancer Risk By 33% with Selene Yaeger
Episode 57 Uterine Cancer: Reducing Your Risk
Episode 65- The Dilemma of Menopause and Breast Cancer with Dr. Corrine Menn
Episode 67- How Long Can you Safely Take Hormone Therapy?
Episode 80 When Progesterone is a Problem
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
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