Much-loved BBC broadcaster Kirsty Lang shares her decision to continue taking HRT following breast cancer treatment. An enlightening and evidence-led listen.
You can stream the episode below, or download the recording via iTunes or Spotify:
Inside the episode:
- Kirsty details how she became a broadcaster
- She describes her breast cancer diagnosis
- Kirsty shares why she stopped taking HRT after her diagnosis
- What is intraoperative radiotherapy?
- Kirsty shares her experience of breast cancer treatment
- Can you prevent hair loss during cancer treatment?
- Kirsty describes her experience coming off HRT
- Why did Kirsty decide to continue taking HRT after breast cancer
- What’s the difference between tamoxifen and letrozole?
- Kirsty shares the types of HRT that have worked for her
- What are the risk factors for breast cancer?
- Can exercise reduce breast cancer risk?
Resources mentioned in the show:
For more breast cancer info, listen to Liz’s interview with Professor Michael Baum.
Avrum Bluming and Carol Tavris’s book, Oestrogen Matters
