Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer (2024 Revised and Updated Edition)

by Carol Tavris

Because estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) alone is associated with an increased risk of endometrial cancer (cancer of the lining of the uterus), women who still have a uterus are given hormone replacement therapy (HRT)—estrogen plus progesterone—which provides the benefits of estrogen without the increased risk of endometrial cancer.