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ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2025

Updates in Hormone Replacement Therapy for Survivors of Gynecologic Cancers.

Megan Gorman, Karin Shih

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Endometrial cancer therapy in 2026.Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 2026
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  6. Nanocarrier drug delivery systems for gynecological cancer therapeutics.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2025
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  7. Examining the relationship between symptoms and quality of life related to menopausal period of women with gynecologic cancer: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Megan GormanDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, 11040, USA.
Karin ShihDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, 11040, USA. kshih1@northwell.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementSymptoms of menopause and the sequelae of gynecologic cancer treatment can be severe in their physical and mental impact on patient quality of life. Survivors of certain gynecologic cancers - namely, early-stage, low-grade endometrial cancers; epithelial and germ cell ovarian cancers; and early-stage squamous cell cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers - as well as those who have undergone risk-reducing surgery for BRCA or Lynch syndrome mutations may safely use hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Treatment is ideally initiated in patients younger than age 60 or within ten years of menopause. The decision to start treatment should be made on an individualized basis after discussion of risks, benefits, and symptom severity with patients. Data suggest that the safest HRT regimens in this population include low-dose vaginal estrogen for the treatment of vulvovaginal symptoms, or low-dose systemic estrogen for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms, combined with progesterone in patients with an intact uterus. Therapies such as SSRIs/SNRIs, vaginal moisturizers, pelvic floor physical therapy, and psychosocial counseling should also be considered when appropriate for their effectiveness in managing menopausal symptoms without the potential risk of hormones.

Indexed as

Cancer SurvivorsGenital Neoplasms, FemaleHormone Replacement TherapyEstrogen Replacement TherapyFemaleHumansQuality of LifeCervical cancerHormone replacement therapyMenopauseOvarian cancerUterine cancer

Identifiers

PMID40042741
PMCPMC11919963

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