Managing menopause after cancer

Managing menopausal symptoms after cancer can be challenging, and more severe than at natural menopause. Menopausal symptoms can extend beyond hot flushes and night sweats (vasomotor symptoms). Treatment-induced symptoms might include sexual dysfunction and impairment of sleep, mood, and quality of life.

Menopausal hormone therapy is an effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms and seems to be safe for many patients with cancer.

When hormone therapy is contraindicated or avoided, emerging evidence supports the efficacy of non-pharmacological and non-hormonal treatments, although most evidence is based on women older than 50 years with breast cancer. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673623028027?dgcid=coauthor#fig2

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