sodium-ethylxanthate has been researched along with Menopause--Premature* in 2 studies
1 review(s) available for sodium-ethylxanthate and Menopause--Premature
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Sexuality and body image in younger women with breast cancer.
Breast cancer has the potential to be most devastating to the sexual function and self-esteem of premenopausal women. Nevertheless, not one study has systematically compared the impact of breast cancer treatment on sexual issues across age groups. Research shows that younger women with breast cancer have more severe emotional distress than older cohorts. In a group of patients seeking sexual rehabilitation in a cancer center, younger couples were more distressed, but also had the best prognosis with treatment. In theory, loss of a breast or poor breast appearance would be more distressing to women whose youth gives them high expectations for physical beauty. Seeking new dating relationships after breast cancer treatment is a special stressor for single women. Potential infertility also may impact on a woman's self-concept as a sexual person. Systemic treatment disrupts sexual function by causing premature menopause, with estrogen loss leading to vaginal atrophy and androgen loss perhaps decreasing sexual desire and arousability. Research on mastectomy versus breast conservation across all ages of women has demonstrated that general psychological distress, marital satisfaction, and overall sexual frequency and function do not differ between the two treatment groups. Women with breast conservation do rate their body image more highly and are more comfortable with nudity and breast caressing. There is some evidence that breast conservation offers more psychological "protection" for younger women. Research on the impact of breast reconstruction is sparse, but reveals similar patterns. Future studies should use rigorous methodology and focus on the impact of premature menopause and the effectiveness of sexual rehabilitation for younger women. Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Body Image; Breast Neoplasms; Emotions; Female; Humans; Infertility, Female; Mammaplasty; Mastectomy; Mastectomy, Segmental; Menopause, Premature; Middle Aged; Primary Ovarian Insufficiency; Quality of Life; Research Design; Sex; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; Tamoxifen | 1994 |
1 other study(ies) available for sodium-ethylxanthate and Menopause--Premature
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Family history as a predictor of early menopause.
To determine the relative importance of family history as a predictor of early menopause.. Case-control study. From a population-based survey of 10,606 women between 45 and 54 years of age, we selected 344 cases with early menopause (average age 42.2 years) and 344 age-matched controls who were still menstruating or who had a menopause after age 46 years. Subjects were interviewed about their medical and family history and blood was drawn for identification of women who were carriers for the classic or Duarte variant of galactosemia, a potential hereditary factor for early menopause. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the risk of an early menopause in women with and without a family history of early menopause.. Overall 129 (37.5%) of the early menopause cases reported a family history of menopause before age 46 years in a mother, sister, aunt, or grandmother compared to 31 (9.0%) of controls yielding an odds ratio (OR) of 6.1 (95% confidence interval [CI] of 3.9 to 9.4) after adjustment for smoking history, education, parity, and body mass index. Risk for early menopause associated with family history of same was greatest: for family history in a sister, OR = 9.1 (95% CI 3.1 to 26.5); multiple relatives, OR = 12.4 (95% CI 4.4 to 34.2); and cases menopausal before age 40 years, OR = 8.4 (95% CI 2.5 to 31.2). Cases with a family history of early menopause were not more likely to have errors of galactose metabolism compared with cases without a family history or to all controls, nor did they possess Turner's stigmata such as short stature, but they were less likely to have brothers in their sibships.. Although preferential recall of family history by women with early menopause could contribute to the association between family history and early menopause observed in this study, a genetic factor is also plausible including partial deletions of the X chromosome compatible with the deficiency of male siblings in cases with family history of early menopause. Topics: Adult; Case-Control Studies; Female; Forecasting; Galactose; Humans; Medical Records; Menopause, Premature; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Middle Aged; Nuclear Family; Sex | 1995 |