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Thursday, April 05, 2012
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I am wondering is the absence of surgical intervention was because it wasn't available or because some younger woman did not want to lose their ability to bear children. I have heard of women who refuse surgery because they fear losing their sexuality. Also there is the fear of menopause which can be quite depressing whatever your age. Then there might be the sudden onset of menopause amongst women who are treated. Perhaps many of these problems could be overcome with adequate support.
ReplyDeleteWhy anonymous comment? I think the term you may be looking for is surgical menopause as well as treatment-induced/related menopause. However, patients would likely choose early menopause vs the high risk of an ovarian cancer death.
ReplyDeleteDepression among women with gyn cancer is high. In "absence of surgical intervention" might mean the women were stage IV and not offered surgery due extensive disease. I would love to read the entire article .
ReplyDeleteThat may be true in part, Dee, but access to care would be my 'guess' given all of the research data on this issue. One day researchers will publish in open access journals which will take the part of the guessing game out of the equation. thx.
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I am wondering is the absence of surgical intervention was because it wasn't available or because some younger woman did not want to lose their ability to bear children. I have heard of women who refuse surgery because they fear losing their sexuality. Also there is the fear of menopause which can be quite depressing whatever your age. Then there might be the sudden onset of menopause amongst women who are treated. Perhaps many of these problems could be overcome with adequate support.
ReplyDeleteWhy anonymous comment? I think the term you may be looking for is surgical menopause as well as treatment-induced/related menopause. However, patients would likely choose early menopause vs the high risk of an ovarian cancer death.
ReplyDeleteDepression among women with gyn cancer is high. In "absence of surgical intervention" might mean the women were stage IV and not offered surgery due extensive disease. I would love to read the entire article .
ReplyDeleteThat may be true in part, Dee, but access to care would be my 'guess' given all of the research data on this issue. One day researchers will publish in open access journals which will take the part of the guessing game out of the equation. thx.
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