Women of a healthy weight are more likely than obese women to get breast cancer when using hormone replacement therapy to alleviate menopause symptoms, a study claims.
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New Procedures Help Pediatric Cancer Patients With Future Fertility
With survival rates rising, more kids with cancer are undergoing fertility-preservation procedures.
Oncofertility Offers New Options For Young Women With Cancer Who Want To Have Kids
The most common and successful option for a woman with cancer is freezing an egg or embryo before undergoing chemotherapy or radiation. Once the patient decides she is ready to get pregnant, she is given estrogen and progesterone to prepare the lining of the uterus. The embryo is then thawed (or the egg is inseminated) and transferred into the uterus. Success rates specifically for cancer patients have not yet been studied. But in vitro fertilization (IVF) rates are around 50 percent for women younger than 35.
Gene Affects Sperm’s Ability
A gene known to affect hormone action in breast and prostate cancer cells has now been proven to have an impact on male fertility, according to research by a team including cancer specialists from The University of Western Australia.
Study Finds Important Differences in the Way Clinicians Understand and Treat Early Menopause After Breast Cancer
Hormonal treatment for breast cancer causes menopause in over 80% of women in the first year of therapy, but now new research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Climacteric, has found that how these women are diagnosed and treated for menopausal symptoms can vary substantially according to which type of doctor a woman sees.
Endometriosis: Does Surgery Lower Risk for Ovarian Cancer?
Endometriosis has been linked to ovarian cancer, especially the endometrioid and clear cell types. There are various theories about the origin of endometriosis. The retrograde menstruation theory is the most widely accepted, but endometriosis is also believed to be associated with chronic inflammation, which could serve as a link between endometriosis and cancer.
Taller Women May Face Higher Cancer Odds After Menopause, Study Suggests
Sizing up cancer risk after menopause, scientists say taller women may face higher odds of developing a malignancy than their shorter peers.
Judge Grants Summary Judgment to Wyeth in HRT Breast Cancer Case
A federal judge in Philadelphia has granted summary judgment to Wyeth. Pharmaceuticals and other drug companies named in a products liability complaint by a Nevada woman who alleged her breast cancer was caused by hormone replacement therapy products manufactured by the defendants.
Children Born After Assisted Reproduction at No Greater Risk for Cancer, Study Finds
Children born as a result of assisted reproduction (ART) are at no greater risk of cancer than children born spontaneously in the general population, according to results of one of the largest ever cohort studies of ART children. “This is reassuring news for couples considering assisted conception, their subsequent children, fertility specialists and for the wider public health,” said the investigators.
Multiple Babies with IVF May Up Breast Ca Risk
Breast cancer risk is modestly higher for women with twins, triplets, or more via in vitro fertilization (IVF), a population-based study showed, although it also suggested the fertility treatment may not be at fault.