Testosterone Lowers Breast Cancer Risk

Name: Testosterone Lowers Breast Cancer Risk
Uploaded: 2025-06-28T03:30:01+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Single-speaker YouTube excerpt (Dr. Charles Mok) discussing testosterone use in women. The speaker reports observational findings from other countries…

28 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Single-speaker YouTube excerpt (Dr. Charles Mok) discussing testosterone use in women. The speaker reports observational findings from other countries that women on combined testosterone and estrogen had substantially lower breast cancer rates (estimated 30–70% fewer cases), describes pharmaceutical development of a testosterone patch for female sexual dysfunction, and criticizes an FDA advisory panel (noting its all-male membership) for rejecting the product over alleged heart disease and cancer risks—claims the speaker says were incorrect, asserting testosterone is cardioprotective and protective against breast cancer.

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We saw in other countries where women on testosterone and estrogen, they had way less breast cancer than seen in these large trials in women, probably 30 to 70% less breast cancers. And this led to the introduction of testosterone as a component of hormone replacement therapy in women. Now, interestingly, some of the big drug companies made a testosterone product for women to be as a patch to introduce it for sexual arousal disorder or decrease libido or decrease sexuality. And the panel on the FDA in this case is all men. They said they did not want to expose women to the risk of heart disease and cancers just to have more sex. And in reality, they couldn't have been further off. Testosterone is both cardiac protective and breast cancer protective, and they came up with a reason not to based on this risk that did not exist.