What types of Hormone Replacement Therapy are safe?
This article is important for women who need their ovaries removed and who will become menopausal as a consequence.
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Tagged hormone replacement therapy, menopause, deep vein thrombosis; Comments 6 ; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Doctor, how will you get my uterus out?
Patients frequently ask how we remove the uterus, which normally is the size of a pear, during laparoscopic hysterectomy.
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Tagged Morcellation, uterus, Hysterectomy, surgery, uterine sarcoma; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Doctor, if you had my cancer, what would you do to fight it?
“What can I do to help with my recovery to increase my chances of survival?” is what patients diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer often ask.
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Tagged cancer; Comments 3 ; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Statin use is associated with improved epithelial ovarian cancer survival
Women with ovarian cancer had significantly better survival if they were on statin therapy in addition to cancer-specific treatment, a review of registry-based data showed.
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Tagged Ovarian Cancer, statin; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Does talc powder cause ovarian cancer?
A US court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $100 million (AUD) in damages to the family of an Alabama woman who died of ovarian cancer.
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Tagged Ovarian Cancer; Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Lynch testing for all patients with endometrial cancer
Lynch Syndrome is a familial cancer syndrome responsible for endometrial and bowel cancers. In female carriers of Lynch, endometrial cancer is the most common cancer type.
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Posted 8 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Ovarian Cancer Screening May Save Lives
Since Friday morning Australia time ovarian cancer screening is closer to reality after successful results from the world’s largest ovarian cancer screening trial have been published (1).
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Posted 9 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Estrogen Replacement Therapy Safe in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Pre- or postmenopausal patients with epithelial ovarian cancer can safely be treated with adjuvant Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT), a recent study [1] reports.
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Tagged Ovarian Cancer, estrogen replacement therapy, hormone replacement therapy; Posted 9 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Seven potentially deadly misconceptions on Lynch syndrome
This blog covers the seven deadly misconceptions on Lynch sydrome.
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Tagged lynch; Comments 5 ; Posted 9 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Is follow-up important for all patients?
Sometimes I get asked by my patients who have been diagnosed with cancer why they need to come back to see me for follow up.
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Tagged Follow up, recurrence; Posted 9 years ago by Andreas Obermair
Recent Posts
- What are the pros and cons of having treatment in the public vs private hospital system?
- Will I need hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after a hysterectomy?
- Navigating the changes: Understanding surgical menopause
- What are the potential risks and complications associated with hysterectomy?
- How often will follow-up be performed to monitor for endometrial cancer recurrence?