Estrogen Risk

Thank you for your excellent coverage on the increased risk of breast cancer with estrogen (Aug. 2). The study in the New England Journal of Medicine on which you based your report is one of several that suggest this association. Fortunately, newer therapies are being developed that in the future will avoid the risk of cancer and will prevent osteoporosis. UCLA is conducting a study using a nasal spray medication called calcitonin that prevents osteoporosis and has none of the side effects of estrogen.

Hopefully in the future women will be protected against osteoporosis without incurring other risks.

Dr. MARIA GREENWALD

Research Associate

Wadsworth V.A. Hospital