AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Common treatment for endometriosis may increase risk.(ovarian cancer)(Brief Article)
2002 APR 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A commonly prescribed medication for treating endometriosis appears to elevate the risk of ovarian cancer, according to findings presented by a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) researcher at the 33rd annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists in Miami.
In the study, women taking danazol, a synthetic version of the male hormone androgen, were nearly three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than were women taking leuprolide, an antiandrogenic, gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist. Both drugs are used to treat endometriosis, a painful disease in which pieces of uterine tissue migrate to other parts of the body.
"Our previous studies have found that women with endometriosis are already at a 50% increased risk for ovarian cancer, and treating them with danazol appears to further increase their risk. This new result, even though it is preliminary, may factor into the equation when clinicians and their patients with endometriosis are deciding on the best treatment," said presenter Roberta B. Ness, MD, MPH, associate professor of epidemiology at the GSPH and director of the school's Epidemiology of Women's Health Program.
The study analyzed pooled data from two case-control studies that ...
- Ovarian cancer strikes one in 68 women: Now experts agree on a set of symptoms...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) August 2, 2007 700+ words
...Ovarian cancer occurs more frequently in women who: --Have a history of ovarian cancer in their immediate...pregnancies a woman has, the lower...developing ovarian cancer). --Have...frequently in white women than black...
- Ovarian Cancer
- Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. Rastegari, Esther; Frey, Rebecca January 1, 2006 700+ words
...or cousin with ovarian cancer also puts a woman at higher-than...BRCA2. (Not all women with these genetic...mutations will develop ovarian cancer. By age 70, a woman who has the BRCA1...of developing ovarian cancer. Women with the genetic...
- Ovarian Cancer; Facts to Know.
- Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Ovarian Cancer March 16, 2005 700+ words
...Odds" National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. http...Sept. 2004. "Ovarian Cancer." CancerNet...What Every Woman Should Know About...Cancer." National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, http...Aware." National Women's Health Resource...
- Ovarian Cancer Does Have Early Warning Signs; Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical...
- News wire article from: AScribe Health News Service November 18, 2004 700+ words
...incontinence as ovarian cancer predictors lies...Looking for ovarian cancer is a bit like...Barrette suggest that women and their doctors...treatment. "When a woman goes in to see...Dr. Yawn. "Ovarian cancer must be considered...
- Ovarian Cancer; Key Q&A.
- Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Ovarian Cancer March 16, 2005 700+ words
...Odds" National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. http...Sept. 2004. "Ovarian Cancer." CancerNet...What Every Woman Should Know About...Cancer." National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, http...Aware." National Women's Health Resource...
- Ovarian Cancer.
- Clinical Reference Systems Cooper, Phyllis G. July 1, 1999 700+ words
What is ovarian cancer? Ovarian cancer is a malignant, life...tumor that develops in a woman's ovaries. It most...cause of cancer death in women. If it is not discovered...several different types of ovarian cancer. How does it occur...
- Ovarian Cancer: platinum-based therapy still the gold standard.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire September 8, 2006 700+ words
...8 September 2006-DATAMONITOR: Ovarian Cancer: platinum-based therapy still the...of death from gynecological tumors, ovarian cancer does not attract the same level of...However, nearly 60,000 cases of ovarian cancer are being diagnosed in the seven major...
- Ovarian Cancer; Diagnosis.
- Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Ovarian Cancer March 16, 2005 700+ words
...ovarian cancer? A woman can inherit an increased...family history of ovarian cancer, she is more likely...can also increase a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer by a small percentage...studies suggest that women who use fertility...