Medical journal, The Lancet has published a paper showing that the risk of breast cancer rises after only one year taking menopausal hormone therapy.
The paper collects data from 58 international studies from 1992 to 2018. Althought they are observational, no other reason for this correlation has yet been found.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Martha Hickey has said we urgently need national consensus guidelines, incorporating the most up-to-date evidence, to better support women and their health-care providers to make informed decisions about safe and effective ways to manage menopausal symptoms