POSTMENOPAUSAL ESTROGEN THERAPY, 1995

Estrogen therapy offers women important benefits, including the potent ial prolongation of life by prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) and osteoporotic fractures, and improvement of life by prevention of menopausal symptoms. Not all women can accept the potential side effec ts and risks, however which include uterine bleeding, cystic mastitis, fluid retention, and increased risk of uterine cancer and breast canc er Thus, the benefits and risks must be patiently weighed for each ind ividual, and the alternatives of no treatment or other treatment shoul d be clear We review here the pertinent information that now makes the se decisions quite sound.