| Estrogen has numerous different functions; | | | | tamoxifen, a drug that runs by blocking the |
| consist of assisting you grow dense, physically | | | | estrogen receptors on the breast tissue cells and |
| powerful bones. It's good to have strong bones, | | | | slowing their estrogen-fuelled development. A |
| but it's best not to have the breast-cell | | | | study advocates that Herceptin might be helpful |
| development stimulation that goes along with the | | | | regardless of your ER/PR status. |
| higher estrogen levels. | | | | Your breast cancer cells could be tested to |
| A number of studies have demonstrated that | | | | observe if they have 'hormone receptors' or |
| elderly women with high bone mineral density | | | | biological therapy receptors. There are oestrogen |
| have an increased risk of breast cancer, especially | | | | receptors and progesterone receptors. You might |
| advanced cancer. This has caused rumors | | | | hear your doctor talk regarding 'your oestrogen |
| concerning dense breasts and dense bones leading | | | | receptor status', 'ER status' or 'PR status'. At |
| to breast cancer. But it's not the extra thickness | | | | times, doctors might say you are 'ER positive' or |
| of the breasts or the thickness of the bones that | | | | 'ER negative'. |
| leads to an increased risk of breast cancer. | | | | Women who haven't had their menopause before |
| Relatively high estrogen levels in the body possibly | | | | being diagnosed with breast cancer are still |
| create all three things: denser breasts, stronger | | | | producing oestrogen. If you have an ER positive |
| bones, and a higher risk of breast cancer. | | | | cancer, then oestrogen could encourage the |
| Your doctor will order a hormone receptors | | | | breast cancer cells to develop. Consequently |
| assay, a test to see if the cancer is sensitive to | | | | doctors advocate treatment to stop oestrogen |
| estrogen and progesterone. If a tumor is | | | | production. They call this ovarian ablation. There |
| estrogen-receptor positive (ER-positive), it is more | | | | are a variety of ways of doing it. To stop your |
| probable to develop in a high-estrogen | | | | ovaries working enduringly, you might have |
| environment. ER-negative tumors are typically not | | | | Chemotherapy or Surgery to get rid of your |
| influenced by the levels of estrogen and | | | | ovaries. |
| progesterone in your body. This is one time when | | | | A new study states that current decline in breast |
| hearing the word "positive" might really mean | | | | cancer mortality rates have been most |
| something good. | | | | noteworthy amongst women with estrogen |
| ER-positive cancers are more probable to respond | | | | receptor (ER)-positive tumors and women |
| to anti-estrogen therapies. If you have an | | | | younger than 70. |
| ER-positive cancer, you might respond well to | | | | |