Breast cancer, HRT, and what the evidence says, with Kirsty Lang and Dr Sarah Glynne

The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show

Liz Earle

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to HRT, those with a history or increased risk of breast cancer can often feel left out of the conversation. But on this episode of The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show, Liz tackles this topic with journalist Kirsty Lang, and menopause specialist and GP Dr Sarah Glynne.

Kirsty shares her experience of breast cancer, and her decision to return to hormone replacement therapy following treatment. Meanwhile, Liz and Sarah discuss the fear caused by the poor interpretation of HRT studies and the risk of breast cancer. They chat through what recent evidence indicates to help arm you with the knowledge to make an informed decision on whether HRT is right for you.

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0:00.0	It was almost like I was aging overnight I was sort of turning into a sort of little old lady in my movements to my skin.
0:12.0	I felt terrible. I felt like I had no quality of life. I felt like that I've had this brush with death.
0:20.0	You know, cancer. But is this what survival looks like?
0:24.0	daroddi mwy'n defniad o planteu muse.
0:28.7	Ond dathau fod yn menach grech mentaf aaneg i kom食d o ffordd renaethu
0:33.5	syddiau sefydgiag harydiad f receive no.
0:40.1	Wyr hyn cychefgethrau, felly,
0:42.2	rhwe souvent i hrewd ―
0:44.3	osw eich a safolid i g assistanceiol ychydig ei hunn.
0:46.6	Mae hynnynw生 yn faufewddol,
0:48.3	ein gallan mae argyngushピ i'w mor'u.
0:51.4	H-R-T. Welcome to the Lizar Wellbeing Show. I'm Lizar, and this is the podcast that brings you
0:57.8	weekly wellness wisdom you can trust. Well, it was World Menopause Day on the 18th of October,
1:03.9	so there's quite rightly been a lot of talk about H-R-T in recent weeks, but what about those
1:08.9	with breast cancer? Those who have it now or who've had it in the past? Papers once showed,
1:14.6	an apparently concerning link between breast cancer and H-R-T, but that has been largely
1:21.1	debunked. So what is the research saying now? Well, a little later on I'll be chatting to Dr
1:27.2	Sarah Glinn. She is a Menopause specialist with a particular interest in caring for breast cancer
1:33.3	patients. She works as an NHS GP in Surrey and also at the Portland Hospital for Women and
1:39.6	Children in London. First, though, I want to catch up with Kirsty Lang. You may remember I
1:45.2	spoke to her on the podcast back in 2019 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 53.
1:52.4	Kirsty had already been on H-R-T for five years, and I remember her telling me that the first
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