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A few of my friends who are also cancer survivors were dismissed after voicing their concerns. One doctor told my friend her vaginal symptoms were caused by lack of sleep. Another doctor said ...
Medically-induced menopause is a treatment that uses medication to put a woman into menopause, explains Tracy O’Connor, M.D., a breast oncologist at Moffitt Cancer Center. “It’s often used ...
Treatment for breast cancer triggered painful vaginal symptoms, but I was too embarrassed to talk to my doctor about it. Here's how I improved my sex life. Cancer Threw Me Into Menopause at Just 37.
Observational studies of systemic HRT after breast cancer are generally reassuring. If HRT is necessary after breast cancer, estrogen-only therapy or estrogen therapy with a progestogen may be safer options than combined systemic therapy. [80] In women who are BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers, HRT does not appear to impact breast cancer risk. [81]
One of their recent publications was a 2019 meta-analysis of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk based on type and timing of therapy. [1] In 2012, the group concluded in a meta-analysis of 117 studies that the incidence of breast cancer was increased by each year younger at menarche and each year older at menopause. [4]
The Million Women Study is a multi-centre, population-based prospective cohort study of women aged 50 and over invited to routine breast cancer screening in the UK. Between 1996 and 2001, women were invited to join the Million Women Study when they received their invitation to attend breast screening at one of 66 participating NHS Breast Screening Centres in the UK.
A new study linked primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)—a condition that causes early menopause—to higher rates of breast cancer. Experts explain what to know. Could Early Menopause Increase ...
Olivia Munn is in medically induced menopause as a result of treatment to keep her breast cancer from recurring, the actress told People in an exclusive new interview. Munn, who last month ...