U.S. Government Lists Estrogen Replacement Therapy As Carcinogenic
According to a report that is part of the National Toxicology Program's biennial review of cancer causing agents, estrogen replacement therapy joins an official list of cancer causers along with wood dust and ultraviolet light. Several estrogen compounds had been put on past carcinogen lists, but the new report expands the category to include the whole class of steroidal estrogens. Researchers involved in the report say that it is not known whether estrogen used in combination with other hormones, such as oral contraceptives, maintains its carcinogenic effect. Source: www.msnbc.com.
According to a report that is part of the National Toxicology Program's biennial review of cancer causing agents, estrogen replacement therapy joins an official list of cancer causers along with wood dust and ultraviolet light. Several estrogen compounds had been put on past carcinogen lists, but the new report expands the category to include the whole class of steroidal estrogens. Researchers involved in the report say that it is not known whether estrogen used in combination with other hormones, such as oral contraceptives, maintains its carcinogenic effect. Source: www.msnbc.com.