Chemotherapy does not always create amenorrhea in women
27th Nov 2005, 23:33 GMT
Filed under: Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy The myth that chemotherapy induces amenorrhea, long term loss of menstrual cycle, appears to be just that, a myth. With the collection of new data from from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York , reports show that nearly 85% of the women studied resumed regular menses after chemotherapy treatments. The study covered women who were premenopausal and 40 years or younger. The chemotherapy agents used were anthracycline and taxane-containing chemotherapy, with or without the subsequent use of tamoxifen for breast cancer treatment. "Based on our data," the investigators conclude, "the sequential addition of taxane to a standard…anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen does not appear to produce a high rate of chemotherapy-related amenorrhea compared with historic reports." The women who did develop amenorrhea were older than those who did not. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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