Early Menopause Are More Likely in Childhood Cancer Survivors
July 6, 2006 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
A study from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center revealed that women who survive childhood cancer are more likely to begin menopause earlier than most women.
Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center in New York City studied the incidence and risk factors of early menopause in over 2,800 women who had cancer as children.
They compared the data of these women with that of 1,065 female siblings of childhood cancer survivors.
The study showed 126 of the women who had cancer during childhood experienced early menopause, while only 33 or the sibling group did.
The study is published in the July 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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