Menopausal symptoms in women undergoing chemotherapy-induced and natural menopause: a prospective controlled study

Abstract

Women undergoing chemotherapy-induced menopause may experience worse symptoms than women undergoing natural menopause.

The association of cognitive fatigue with menopause, depressive symptoms, and quality of life in ambulatory breast cancer patients

“…This result supports the findings of a report that breast cancer patients may experience worse menopausal symptoms than women undergoing natural menopause [25]. Menopausal symptoms after anti-carcinogenic therapy are similar to those experienced naturally.…”

Default mode network connectivity distinguishes chemotherapy-treated breast cancer survivors from controls

“…There were no between group differences in age, minority status, or education level ( Table 2). There were significantly more women in the BC group who were postmenopausal compared with the HC group, which was expected given that chemotherapy can induce early menopause (38). There were no differences between the C+ and C− groups in menopausal status, time off-therapy, radiation, or tamoxifen, although the C+ group had significantly higher disease stage at diagnosis, as expected ( Table 2).…”

Fatigue, anxiety and depression overrule the role of oncological treatment in predicting self-reported health complaints in women with breast cancer compared to healthy controls

“…However, Amir et al [12], found that the breast cancer treatments, like chemotherapy and endocrine therapy, may lead to a higher risk of developing the same health complaints. Though, the physiology of the menopause is complex, and may vary considerably both among patients and healthy women [13,14].…”