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Use of hormone replacement therapy after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 1 May 2017
Johansen Nora, Liavaag Astrid H, Iversen Ole-Erik, Dørum Anne, Braaten Tonje, Michelsen Trond M
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INTRODUCTION: After premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) to prevent ovarian cancer, the non-cancer-related morbidity and mortality may be increased if sex hormones are not replaced. Several guidelines recommend systemic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to these women until the expected age of menopause. We aimed to study the use of HRT after RRSO. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Participants were 324...
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