title: [Menopausal hormonal therapies: impact on mammographic breast density].
abstract: Whether qualitative-classified or quantitative-measured, mammographic density, which changes according to physiological variations, is nowadays commonly recognized as a factor increasing the relative risk of breast cancer. The present review aims at clarifying the impact of menopausal hormonal therapies on mammographic density. Neither Tibolone nor Raloxifene seem to have any negative impact on mammographic density. In some instances, oestrogens-progestin hormonal replacement therapies may increase mammographic density and thus reduce sensitivity and specificity of screening mammograms. Shorter intervals between mammographies combined with additional physical examination and breast ultrasonography appear to be the best way to reduce interval cancers.
authors.affiliation: Cabinet de Gynécologie, 28 rue de Norvège 17000 La Rochelle.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boutet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boisserie-Lacroix
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trillaud
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020847:Estrogen Receptor Modulators / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D008593:Menopause; D009652:Norpregnenes / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020849:Raloxifene Hydrochloride / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D020847:Estrogen Receptor Modulators; D009652:Norpregnenes; D020849:Raloxifene Hydrochloride; C027385:tibolone