Why Women Avoid Mammograms; Good News! Hot Flashes are Tied to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Summary: The first report is related to reasons why women may avoid mammograms and a plea to be sure to get yours! In the second report a recent study notes that women who have hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause may give women a significantly lower risk of developing the most common forms of breast cancer. Finally some good news about menopause! Huang, Y., Malone, K.E., Cushing-Haugen, K.L., Daling, J.R., & Li, C.I. (2011). Relationship between menopausal symptoms and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0998