Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer

The Current Status of Research and Practice

Andrea R Genazzani author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:11th Feb '02

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Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer cover

The clinical benefits of hormone replacement therapy in women have to be carefully balanced against the possible risks, and a particular theoretical concern relates to risks associated with various forms of female oncology. Because of conflicting reports, gynecologists and oncologists especially need a single, authoritative resource of up-to-date information. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer, published in association with the International Menopause Society, provides the very consensus statement that clinicians need in this difficult and complex area.

Many of the world's leading specialists have contributed important chapters that provide state-of-the-art knowledge about the effects of hormones on women and possible cancer risks. The introductory section deals with carcinogenesis, and the other main sections cover HRT and breast cancer, endometrial cancer, colon cancer, melanoma and epithelial ovarian cancer. The concluding chapters discuss the benefits and risks of sp ecific therapies. An authoritative clinical reference with extensive bibliographic references and index, Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer covers all aspects of HRT and cancer based on the research available up to June 2001.

'... a collection of short, succinctly written chapters, mostly by European scientists and clinicians, that cover a wide variety of topics, including colon cancer With a field as difficult to grasp and rapidly changing as hormone replacement therapy and cancer, these useful chapters serve to put the reader in the ballpark and identify the players.' - New England Journal of Medicine


'A collection of short, succinctly written chapters, mostly by European scientists and clinicians, that cover a wide variety of topics, including colon cancer. With a field as difficult to grasp and rapidly changing as hormone replacement therapy and cancer, these useful chapters serve to put the reader in the ballpark and identify the players.'-New England Journal of Medicine

ISBN: 9781842140796

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 898g

294 pages