TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast cancer and climacteric complaints
T2 - Weighing up risks of hormone therapy against quality of life
AU - Franke, Henk R.
AU - Brood-van Zanten, Monique M.A.
AU - Burger, Curt W.
AU - van der Mooren, Marius J.
AU - Kenemans, Peter
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Women with severe menopausal symptoms can, at their request, be treated effectively with hormone therapy. Good information about the advantages and disadvantages of hormone therapy should precede this decision. For women with breast cancer or an inherited increased risk of breast cancer and severe, often therapy-related climacteric symptoms, a high degree of reticence is appropriate in relation to hormone therapy. If the quality of life is seriously affected in these often-young women with these iatrogenic climacteric complaints, then careful consideration must be given to the various treatment modalities.
AB - Women with severe menopausal symptoms can, at their request, be treated effectively with hormone therapy. Good information about the advantages and disadvantages of hormone therapy should precede this decision. For women with breast cancer or an inherited increased risk of breast cancer and severe, often therapy-related climacteric symptoms, a high degree of reticence is appropriate in relation to hormone therapy. If the quality of life is seriously affected in these often-young women with these iatrogenic climacteric complaints, then careful consideration must be given to the various treatment modalities.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Climacteric complaints
KW - Hormone therapy
KW - Quality of life
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34548821903&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.05.002
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.05.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17574325
SN - 0301-2115
VL - 134
SP - 143
EP - 146
JO - European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
JF - European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
IS - 2
ER -