OBJECTIVES To evaluate the diagnostic performances of ultrasound score (US), CA 125, menopausal status, risk of malignancy index (RMI)-- in differentiating between benign and borderline or malignant ovarian tumors. MATERIAL AND METHOD Women with ovarian masses who were scheduled to have elective surgery at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital be...

ISSN 1745-5057 10.2217/WHE.12.31 © 2012 Future Medicine Ltd Women's Health (2012) 8(4), 367–369 were never smokers. Overall, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome increased with age, regardless of smoking or menopausal status. Past smokers had significantly higher odds of metabolic syndrome, regardless of menopausal status. In never smokers, only postmenopausal women demonstrated increased odds ...

OBJECTIVE Obesity is a well-known risk factor for developing endometrial cancer. However, the incidence and survival rate of endometrial cancer are associated with ethnicity and geographical area. In addition, whether menopausal status is associated with developing endometrial cancer in obese women and whether obesity is associated with subtypes of endometrial cancer have not been fully investi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the optimal cone size to achieve a reliable sensitivity and specificity for clear surgical margins after cold knife conization (CKC). MATERIAL AND METHODS The medical reports of patients who had high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions, carcinoma in situ, or stage 1A1 microinvasive carcinoma in their CKC specimens between June 2008 and January 2015 were reviewed retr...

In Turkish patients with breast cancer variations of prognostic factors were examined according to the menopausal status. In addition, molecular variations were investigated according to the menopausal status. A total of 1449 patients was enrolled from Akdeniz University Hospital of Medical School and Kayseri Education and Research Hospital. The patients were divided into three groups as menopa...

The scope of this paper is to identify dietary patterns and the relationship with menopausal status. It involved a cross-sectional study with 646 women in outpatient care in southern Brazil. Dietary intake was assessed by a frequency questionnaire and five dietary patterns were identified by main component analysis. The menopausal status was classified as premenopausal, perimenopausal and postm...

2 Background: Isoflavones and lignans (phytoestrogens) are dietary components with potential 3 anti-carcinogenic effects. Although the intake of isoflavones and lignans may affect breast 4 cancer treatment and prognosis – and associations may differ by menopausal status post5 diagnosis intake data are limited. 6 Objective: We aimed to describe post-diagnosis isoflavone and lignan intake in newl...

Background: In women, midlife is a period of social and physiological change. Ostensibly stressful, cross-sectional studies suggest women experience decreasing stress perceptions and increasing positive outlook during this life stage. The aim of this paper was to describe the longitudinal changes in perceived stress as women transitioned through the midlife. Methods: Premenopausal women (n = 30...

BACKGROUND Several studies have found that depressed, post-menopausal females may respond differently to antidepressants compared to pre-menopausal females. The atypical antipsychotic lurasidone, whose mechanism of action differs from SSRIs and other standard antidepressants, was shown in a 6-week randomized, flexible-dose, placebo-controlled study (n=209), to be effective in treating major dep...

[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the correlation between menopausal syndrome and sleep state of middle-aged women, and to examine the factors influencing menopausal syndrome. [Subjects] The subjects included 59 middle-aged women in Seoul, South Korea. [Methods] A cross-sectional design was adopted. The measurement tools were a general characteristics form, Menopause Symptom Index (MENSI), ...