Estrogen after Hysterectomy May Have Saved LivesMiller, Naseem S
But Colditz and Jungheim caution doctors to look at the larger body of evidence that contradicts this finding and shows that hormone therapy may raise the risk ofbreast cancer. While estrogen therapy is commonly used on a short-term basis to manage menopausal symptoms afterhysterectomy, Colditz an...
Controversies about the safety of different postmenopausal hormone therapies (HTs) started 30 years ago and reached a peak in 2003 after the publication of... Maria Grazia Modena and Piero Sismondi and Alfred O. Mueck and Frédérique Kuttenn and Bruno de Lignières and Johan Verhaeghe and Jean...
Obesity is a major health concern and may cause hyperestrogenism. Hormonal replacement, particularly unopposed estrogens after hysterectomy, is becoming popular. Because endometriosis is ectopic endometrium, hyperestrogenism (either endogenous or exogenous) may cause hyperplasia or transformation into cancer....
Combined hormone therapy (estrogen plus progestin) is used in women with a uterus to prevent ovarian overstimulation, whereas estrogen therapy only is used in women with a hysterectomy. Combined hormone therapy is reported to increase breast cancer risk, whereas the use of estrogen therapy only ...
Oestrogen can be used alone if the woman has had a hysterectomy. The majority of oral HRT preparations contain natural oestradiol as the oestrogen, although preparations with conjugated equine oestrogens are also available. Synthetic progestogens are used: dydrogesterone, medroxyprogesterone, norethisterone...
and the estrogen-only arm for those with a hysterectomy was ended in 2004 owing to reported increased risks of stroke and breast cancer132. Despite being one of the most prominent studies of MHT, there were many limitations including the advanced age of participants, a focus on relative rather...
Estrogen-only replacement therapy reduced joint pain after hysterectomy and menopause in a randomized trial, but the clinical utility of the finding is unclear.
menopause before age 45 is sometimes referred to asearly menopause. Early or premature menopause may be induced if theovariesare surgically removed (for example, in ahysterectomyor intreatmentof ovarian cancer) or incidentally damaged or destroyed (as a side effect ofradiation therapyor chemotherapy)...
The harms of ovary removal would also apply to ovarian failure that commonly occurs after hysterectomy and some other medical treatments. As previously cited, women who have had a hysterectomy have lower levels of testosterone. According to this1986 publication, 39% of these women showed signs of...