Colorectal Cancer and Hormone Treatment

Hormone Therapy Associated With Reduced Colorectal Cancer Risk is an article published at Doctor's Guide. The article cited a study indicating that taking the combination of hormones, oestrogen and progestin, may result in a decreased likelihood of colorectal cancer in women. The study was published in a January issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. The greatest risk reduction was found among women whose use of the hormones spanned five or more years and the percentage of that group was 45%. A biological mechanism, explaining the results, was not identified but left to a further study to uncover. The American Association for Cancer Research was identified as the source of the information obtained in the cited article.