Comments on: Risk of Breast Cancer in Younger Women http://www.healthoma.com/risk-of-breast-cancer-in-younger-women/ Healthoma.com is where we discuss about different health related topics like diseases, hygiene, fitness, drugs and also medicine and human body anatomy and the problems and diseases that human body different organs can have. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lynne Eldridge M.D. http://www.healthoma.com/risk-of-breast-cancer-in-younger-women/#comment-3614 Lynne Eldridge M.D. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:02:21 +0000 http://www.healthoma.com/risk-of-breast-cancer-in-younger-women/#comment-3614 I agree with your comment in paragraph three, that younger women with breast cancer are being ignored. From a prevention standpoint, I believe they being ignored as well. A meta-analysis of 34 studies was done by the Mayo clinic in 2006. The risk of developing pre-menopausal breast cancer secondary to oral contraceptive use was 1.15 to 1.52 depending on how long birth control pills were used prior to first pregnancy. Though the ease of using oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy goes without question, young women need to be informed that if they use these for four or more years before their first pregnancy it raises their risk of developing pre-menopausal breast cancer to one and a half times normal. If another medication carried this risk we would certainly find it necessary to inform patients prior to their choosing it. When older women wish to use hormone replacement therapy, the risks are clearly spelled out and alternative options discussed. This is not happening enough with younger women. Lynne Eldridge M.D. Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time: Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer" http://www.avoidcancernow.com I agree with your comment in paragraph three, that younger women with breast cancer are being ignored. From a prevention standpoint, I believe they being ignored as well. A meta-analysis of 34 studies was done by the Mayo clinic in 2006. The risk of developing pre-menopausal breast cancer secondary to oral contraceptive use was 1.15 to 1.52 depending on how long birth control pills were used prior to first pregnancy. Though the ease of using oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy goes without question, young women need to be informed that if they use these for four or more years before their first pregnancy it raises their risk of developing pre-menopausal breast cancer to one and a half times normal. If another medication carried this risk we would certainly find it necessary to inform patients prior to their choosing it. When older women wish to use hormone replacement therapy, the risks are clearly spelled out and alternative options discussed. This is not happening enough with younger women.

Lynne Eldridge M.D.
Author, “Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time: Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer”
http://www.avoidcancernow.com

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