Not exact matches
Overholser and colleagues discuss the role of endocrine therapy to reduce risk for breast cancer, and cite interesting data from patients
who developed premature
ovarian failure due to
ovarian irradiation or alkylating chemotherapeutic agents, which demonstrates that these patients were at decreased risk for developing subsequent breast cancer.
These treatments might in the future be extremely helpful for women
who are suffering from premature
ovarian failure or poor
ovarian reserve.
Dr. Richard Paulson, a fertility doctor with USC Fertility in Los Angeles explains how the hormones estrogen and progesterone can prepare the uterine lining for implantation of an embryo, even in women
who have had
ovarian failure or in menopause.