Menopause: Hormones and Cancer - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 185070628X ISBN 13: 9781850706281

Publisher: CRC Press, 2002

Synopsis

There is little doubt that quality of life can be substantially improved by hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Evidence has also accumulated concerning the effects of estrogen in the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis. However, recent studies have cast some doubts about the effectiveness of HRT in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases as well as highlighting the possibility of undesirable effects in long-term use. A comprehensive clinical reference, Menopause: Hormones and Cancer examines the issues involved in the use of HRT. It presents new information on steroid receptors, estrogens and estrogen therapy, oral contraception, hormone therapies for ovarian cancer, progesterone therapy, endometrial cancer, phytoestrogens, hormone replacement therapy, estrogen receptors, neurosteroids, prophylactic oophorectomy and estrogen or testosterone implants, and the relationship between sex steroid therapy and colon cancer. The use of HRT is still relatively new and must be studied for many years before the alleged beneficial preventive effects can be seen and understood. In addition, long-term treatment, other than having the desired positive effects, also has some possible undesirable side effects that require further study. In Menopause: Hormones and Cancer top experts in the field focus on understanding the cardiovascular benefits of HRT and the long-term risks.

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Review

'This is a neat and compact aide-memoire that will not readily lose its worth...particularly helpful for specialist trainees in gynaecology, general practitioners and specialist nurses... I have no hesitation in recommending it.'. --Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, 2007

'Refreshingly, the book does not take a partisan approach to hormone replacement therapy but offers a rational résumé of the options available. Written in a good style, the text flows sufficiently well to read at one sitting. Time is taken to describe symptoms carefully and systematically.' --The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 2007

'...a useful handbook for general practitioners, practice nurses, gynaecologists, family planning and well-women doctors and nurses, and others involved in women s healthcare world-wide'. --Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185070628X
• ISBN 13: 9781850706281
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Neves-e-Castro Manuel, Wren Barry