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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
Young women with a chemotherapy-induced early menopause are theoretically at considerable risk of developing post-menopausal osteoporosis with problems developing earlier and more severely. In this study bone mineral density (BMD) measurements were made, using a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometer (DXA), at the spine and hip of 50 young women who had been treated for lymphoma, 24 of whom were post-menopausal and 78, healthy age-matched controls. On analysis of the results, there was no significant difference between the control group and the 26 post-treatment, pre-menopausal patients, but the BMD levels were significantly lower than the controls in the post-menopausal group particularly in 16 patients who had been menopausal greater than 18 months. The results confirm that these young women with treatment-induced premature menopause are at considerable risk of developing osteoporotic problems. Early recognition of this is important so that preventative measures with hormone replacement therapy can be initiated where this is safely possible. The results also indicate that chemotherapy for lymphoma (cytotoxics and high dose intermittent steroids), are unlikely to contribute directly to the lowering of the BMD of these patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0278-0232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Absorptiometry, Photon, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Adrenal Cortex Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Bone Density, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Bone and Bones, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Chlorambucil, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Densitometry, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Mechlorethamine, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Menopause, Premature, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Prednisolone, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Prednisone, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Procarbazine, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Vinblastine, pubmed-meshheading:1398514-Vincristine
pubmed:articleTitle
Bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with lymphoma: the effects of chemotherapy, intermittent corticosteroids and premature menopause.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't