Most die within 3-6 months. The ability to maintain sexual relations with your partner and avoid that constant burning sensation from the bladder is another benefit of estrogen. Since the vagina and trigone of the bladder are estrogen sensitive, the use of estrogen can alleviate the majority of these localized symptoms. Even if estrogen would ever so slightly increase the risk of cancer, very few women would have their lives shortened by that disease. Yearly mammograms, self examination.
Early diagnosis limits the risks.
Now, prescribed for women with breast cancer free for 5 years. Adenocarcinoma of the Uterus Rarely aggressive lesions. Reversible often, with progestin therapy. Women think they can avoid these risks by not taking the estrogen. What they fail to realize is that the human body produces estrogen from fat and from conversion of adrenal and ovarian hormones.