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- Title
Endometriosis: associations with menopause, hormone replacement therapy and cancer.
- Authors
Palep-Singh, Manisha; Gupta, Sujata
- Abstract
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent condition and is characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue. The pathogenesis of this condition remains an enigma. Endometriosis has well known associations with menopause both in terms of secondary outcomes from medical and surgical therapy in premenopausal women, as well as a natural occurrence/recurrence of the disease in women going through menopause naturally. This review article aims to discuss the current day modalities of management of endometriosis with their pros and cons especially in the context of menopause and cancer.
- Subjects
ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN; ECTOPIC tissue; MENOPAUSE; SURGERY
- Publication
Menopause International, 2009, Vol 15, Issue 4, p169
- ISSN
1754-0453
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1258/mi.2009.009041