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Cancer thwarted by tricking body into menopausal state
Posted Jul 4th 2007 1:16PM by Brian White
Filed under: All Cancers, Research
Researchers are stating that fooling a female body into thinking it is going through menopause could end up protecting the fertility of women with cancer.
Shutting down the ovaries using a "hormonal switch" may do just that.
If ovulation stops (just temporarily), then the ovaries and the precious eggs inside are summarily taken out of the equation when it comes to possible damage from radioactive chemotherapy treatments. For women with cancer undergoing chemo -- but who wish to later have children -- protecting those eggs is one of the largest priorities, right?
Scientists are not exactly sure why the ovaries are completely protected when the body stops ovulating, but the research may give an alternative to those women who would prefer not to
have their eggs removed and frozen for later use.Tags: cancer research, CancerResearch, fake menopause, FakeMenopause, menopause
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