Over a quarter of a million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. The good news is that doctors have gotten better at finding, treating, and even preventing breast cancer.

The critical factor in prevention is knowing where to look for it and when because some women are at higher risk than others. The most significant risk factor for breast cancer is age, with older women being more prone to breast cancer than younger women.

Knowing you’re at higher risk gives you a head start on prevention, and one excellent treatment is hormone pellet therapy. We’ll discuss what hormone pellet therapy is and how it works in this article.

What Is Hormone Pellet Therapy?

Hormone pellet therapy is a form of hormone replacement therapy that reduces the symptoms of menopause. You’ve probably heard of hormone replacement therapy being used in other contexts, and the fact is that we can use hormones in several ways. One example is birth control pills, which use hormones to prevent a fertilized egg from taking root in the womb.

Hormone pellet therapy causes your body to produce testosterone, which counteracts and reduces the symptoms of menopause. Menopause, especially late menopause, is linked to a higher risk of breast cancer.

The body produces less estrogen after menopause. Estrogen is linked to breast cancer, and late menopause exposes you to more of it.

Estrogen and Testosterone

Hormone pellet therapy aims to stop breast cancer before it happens. Studies have found that people with breast cancer often have elevated estrogen and lower testosterone levels.

Part of this is because our bodies contain a hormone known as aromatase. Aromatase is how our bodies create estrogen. One little-known biological fact is that estrogen is not naturally occurring and is produced by converting testosterone.

How Pellet Therapy is Different

Many forms of hormone therapy often lead to increased estrogen levels and, unfortunately, an increased risk of cancer. Pellet therapy doesn’t seem to carry this same risk, and it’s hard to say why.

One possible reason is that pellet therapy releases testosterone slowly instead of all at once. With less testosterone present at a time, it’s likely that our body doesn’t perceive it as too much and therefore doesn’t convert as much of it into estrogen.

Another possible issue is that many types of hormone therapy seek to replace estrogen, which treats symptoms of menopause but worsens the odds of breast cancer.

Hormone Pellet Therapy and Breast Cancer

Hormone pellet therapy is a great way to reduce menopause symptoms. However, adding testosterone and putting these pellets under the skin also lower the risk of breast cancer.

We’ve talked a bit about this type of pellet therapy and why it works in the paragraphs above, but it’s always best to get a second opinion on health. You can learn about various health conditions and how to treat them by reading our blog.

You can contact us at MiBella Wellness Center if you have any questions or concerns.