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A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that moderate to severe hot flashes continue, on average, for nearly 5 years after menopause, and more than a third of women experience moderate/severe hot flashes for 10 years or more after menopause.
With plummeting hormone levels, natural menopause before age 40 can put a damper on women’s mental well-being and quality of life. But bringing testosterone back up to normal may not bring them the boost some hoped for, found a new study published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
Long-term (five-year) outcomes of breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) after breast-conserving surgery show excellent tumor control, and breast cosmesis (cosmetic outcomes) with minimal late toxicity, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology ● Biology ● Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
