[GoneGirl]

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Hi Clara,
Could you please show me the website which states that the above study has been called into question lately? Thanks.

Sure, Peggy, WebMD has a good overall summary of the recent reassessment of the WHI study done in 2002.

HRT and breast cancer risk re-assessed

To me it's very telling. Since, apparently, the health risk depends on when a bio-woman starts HRT (more than 10 years past menopause means a slightly higher risk), the notion that these studies can be used to assess the health risks of HRT for transwomen seems a stretch at best.

What pops out to me is that generalizing a study finding so as to scare people into avoiding something (HRT) that can on balance improve one's quality of life, is doing a disservice. The risk of cancer and other health problems is affected by many factors which vary widely from person to person. It should be a decision between you and your doctor whether the added risk of doing HRT is significant or not. I would think that one's family history of breast, ovarian, or uterine cancer would be a far more important consideration in a decision to do HRT.

But, again, for MTF transsexuals, the whole matter is a BIG unknown.

Clara