https://foundationmedicalwellness.com/tags/breast-cancer/Recent content in Breast Cancer on Foundation Wellness | TRT, Hormones & Weight Loss, UtahHugoen-usFoundation Wellness. All rights reserved.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://foundationmedicalwellness.com/hrt-breast-cancer-risk/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://foundationmedicalwellness.com/hrt-breast-cancer-risk/<p>Combined estrogen plus progestogen HRT raises breast cancer risk by a small amount that grows with years of use. In one large analysis, <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6891893/">5 years of use from age 50 would raise the 20-year risk from 6.3% to 8.3%</a>. Estrogen alone raised it less, and in the WHI trial it lowered it.</p> <p><img src="https://foundationmedicalwellness.com/images/blog/hrt-breast-cancer-risk/hrt-breast-cancer-risk-infographic.webp" alt="Infographic comparing 20 year breast cancer risk for estrogen only HRT at 6.8% and estrogen plus daily progestagen at 8.3%, with 2 extra cases per 100 women, twice the excess risk after 10 years of use and raised risk for 10 or more years after stopping" width="1536" height="2832" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></p>