CATEGORY: Stuff in the ‘breast cancer’ Category


Estrogen replacement is now safe for breast cancer patients with ER+ breast cancer.

New information about estrogen replacement and breast cancer. For decades OBGYNs and oncologists have been denying estrogen replacement to women who have had ER positive Breast Cancer because they believed that estrogen would increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence…As[...]
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Estrogen Replacement Therapy Update – The Truth

BioBalance Health only uses bio-identical estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone in pellet form. I answer many questions about Estrogen Replacement Therapy ERT every day.  Many of these questions are based on outdated information that women, and even doctors have not updated[...]
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Breast Cancer and Hormone Replacement Therapy

Dr. Maupin answers questions about hormone replacement in patients with breast cancer, or high risk of getting breast cancer. At BioBalance we have been treating women who have had ER positive breast cancer with Testosterone Pellets for 20 years Testosterone[...]
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Hormone Replacement Is Linked to Lower Mortality in Women!

You don’t have to give up a long life to lead a quality life! I always hear my patients say things like, “I don’t care if these pellets cause me to die early, I’m taking them anyway because they improve[...]
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Why Do Women Need Estrogen?

Estradiol prevents vascular disease, heart disease, stroke, and arrhythmias. Today, women are very legitimately concerned about the risk of breast cancer. They regularly ask Drs. Maupin and Sullivan to just give them replacement testosterone and not give them estrogen because[...]
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Lowered Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer with Testosterone Implants

How can testosterone in pellet form can decrease the risk of breast cancer? One in eight women in North America are at risk of developing breast cancer during their lifetime. Research has shown that there are genetic factors as well[...]
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Reduced Breast Cancer Incidents in Women Treated with Subcutaneous Testosterone.

Subcutaneous testosterone pellet every three to four months can also prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. There are numerous delivery methods for testosterone replacement for women. These methods include oral, sublingual (under the tongue), vaginal tablets and pills, transdermal cream[...]
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Treatment Choices and Sexuality with Regard to Breast Cancer

The different treatments for breast cancer, and their impact on your sexuality This week we are talking about a question written to Dr. Roach and published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, a letter written by a 68 -year old[...]
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Arimidex®, An Aromatase Inhibitor, Is Not Just For Breast Cancer Anymore!

Aromatase inhibitors decrease estradiol/estrone blood levels and increase total and free testosterone. What is an AI?  It stands for Aromatase Inhibitor. This group of medications is an enzyme blocker that slows or stops the conversion of Testosterone into Estrone and[...]
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Breast Cancer Risk Is Higher in Women with Low Muscle Mass and High Percent Body Fat

Since the threat of estrogen replacement has been put to rest, women are asking, "What are the real risks of breast cancer?". Several articles have come to the fore in the last few months that focus on the risk of[...]
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