[Treatment of the menopause: estrogens and breast cancer].
The responsibility of oestrogens in the aetiology and development of cancer of the breast is critically discussed. There are in fact perfectly contradictory theoretical and clinical arguments. The work of epidemiologists and biologists results in no less heterogeneous results. It is possible that oestrogens may be incapable of inducing the development of cancer of the breast, but it is very probable that the oestrogens are capable of accelerating the development of a quiescent tumour of small volume. The lesion is clinically and radiologically undetectable.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002979:Climacteric / Q000187:drug effects*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D045167:Progesterone Congeners / Q000009:adverse effects; D012306:Risk
D004967:Estrogens; D045167:Progesterone Congeners
Les traitements de la ménopause: estrogènes et cancer du sein.