1.A collective name for female sex hormones made in the ovaries, which produce female secondary sexual characteristics and stimulate growth of the lining of the uterus. 2.Any of several sex hormones responsible for female sex characteristics; produced in the ovaries and, to lesser degree, in the...
Estrogen dominance, premenopause, and PMS Excess weight may increase the risk of breast cancer by boosting estrogen levels. Breast cancer & weight -- In retrospect, perhaps the most startling thing about the hormone therapy study of the Women's Health Initiative was how wrong most experts had ...
Fracture incidence in relation to the pattern of use of hormone therapy in postmenopausal women. JAMA 291, 2212–2220 (2004). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Cameron, C. R., Cohen, S., Sewell, K. & Lee, M. The art of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in menopause management. J....
They are frequently used to prevent and treat osteoporosis, and as replacement therapy drugs for relieving a number of symptoms upon entering menopause. Estrogens are also used as antagonists of androgen in cases of androgen-sensitive forms of cancer. Of the drugs that have steroid structures, ...
Here, we investigated how the different estrogens before and after menopause might contribute to the greater ER+ breast cancer incidence after menopause and the adverse survival of ER + MBC in post- versus pre-menopausal women. The development of metastasis is associated with morphological changes ...
Fracture incidence in relation to the pattern of use of hormone therapy in postmenopausal women. JAMA 291, 2212–2220 (2004). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Cameron, C. R., Cohen, S., Sewell, K. & Lee, M. The art of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in menopause management. J....
(i.e. transdermal patches, percutaneous gel or lotion, and intravaginal gel, tablet or ring), which are widely used to treat menopausal symptoms, have been compared in previous reviews.1,2In some areas, the optimum administration route for estrogen is still to be clarified, in particular when...
postmenopausehormone therapyFemale Sexual Function IndexObjective: This study aimed to study the efficacy and safety of estrogen plus low-dose testosterone gel in improving sexual function in postmenopausal women. Methods: A double-blind, randomized, active-controlled trial was conducted. Seventy ...
Percutaneous 17beta-estradiol gel for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women. A total of 221 postmenopausal women were assigned randomly to treatment with percutaneous 17beta-estradiol gel 1.25 g (containing 0.75 mg of estradiol) or... DF Archer - 《Menopause-the Journal of th...
women who are not at high risk for ovarian cancer. Although this study cites the increase in chronic conditions in women who undergo oophorectomy before age 46, other studies have shown that oophorectomy even after menopause does more harm than good.Here is onethat showed that to be true ...