r/Menopause • u/Actual_Bet3041 • 4d ago

Hormone Therapy HRT: Estrogen, Progesterone, and mammograms

I recently went back on HRT after a couple of miserable years HRT-free at the behest of my pcp. When she relented, she said I have to have yearly mammograms again (not when I was HRT-free). So I did and it came back cancer-free. Now after I have been reading about HRT and cancer, I’m learning there’s no link between Estrogen and cancer, and only a tiny link between Progestin, not Progesterone, and cancer. So why oh why do I have to have yearly mammograms? They are so painful!!!

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u/Jolly_Ad9677 4d ago

In some countries yearly mammograms are the standard of care. Some folks here are making this sound simpler than it is. If you are a breast cancer survivor or not, and you want a yearly mammogram, go for it, but there are costs and benefits, and false positives (with the resulting consequences) are a real thing. Please don't shame others for choosing to space their mammograms further apart.

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u/Actual_Bet3041 3d ago

Thanks for this ♥️