Can bioidentical hormones be used for breast cancer patients?
The pendulum has swung so far that today, very few practitioners will prescribe any type of HRT synthetic or bioidentical for women who have had breast cancer or even a family history of breast cancer. In fact, many such women are given anti-estrogen drugs. Dr. Dixie Mills, who co-developed Women to Womens Personal Program, feels that we just do not have enough data to rule out HRT in every case, and prefers to look at each womans particular situation, history, pathology, and blood work. Dr. Mills has breast cancer patients who, like Suzanne Somers, use low-dose bioidentical hormones by choice. These women have researched the issues, discussed them with their healthcare provider, and made a well-informed decision for themselves. (For more insight on this topic, see Dixies articles on estrogen and breast cancer and progestins and breast cancer.) Case study Janet was a 54-year-old woman who came to us with severe menopausal symptoms. We changed her diet to increase her protein and vegeta
