induced menopause

Many women with breast cancer suffer induced menopause due to certain treatments like chemotherapy, radiation, and medications used to treat and prevent breast cancer (tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors) that damage the ovaries and decrease estrogen levels at an earlier age. Women who undergo a hysterectomy with removal of the ovaries are put into induced menopause […]

The term induced menopause describes menopause caused by a medical treatment. Induced menopause can be caused by removal of both ovaries or by treatment, such as radiation or chemotherapy, for certain cancers.  At this in-person meeting you will learn How to get help for induced menopause . Women who experience induced menopause do not have […]