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Cancer Therapy
Premature menopause may be averted with goserelin given before and during chemotherapy
February 23rd, 2006
Premature menopause may be averted with goserelin given before and during chemotherapy. "Standard methods to prevent chemotherapy-induced early menopause in young breast cancer patients are unavailable to date. Preclinical data has suggested that luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) analogs given during treatment can decrease the gonado-toxicity induced by chemotherapy," scientists at the National Cancer Research Institute in Italy revealed. L. Del Mastro and colleagues wrote, "This phase II study aimed to assess the activity of such a method in young, breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. Premenopausal patients received...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-23)
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