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Management of hot flushes in breast cancer patients
A N Machteld Wymenga1, Dirk T Sleijfer
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. a.n.m.wymenga@int.azg.nl
Acta Oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
|August 28, 2002
Abstract:
In breast cancer patients, menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes can be a bothersome problem, with a significant impact on quality of life. Hormone replacement therapy, the mainstay for treatment of these symptoms in healthy women, is traditionally contraindicated. There are, however, several other strategies for the management of flushes in breast cancer patients and these are reviewed in this article.