cancer of the endometrium การใช้

• The pill also provides some protection against cancers of the endometrium and ovaries.
• Cancer of the endometrium, the lining of the uterus, is most common in post-menopausal women.
• In fact, it protects against cancer of the ovary and cancer of the endometrium ( which lines the uterus ).
• Tamoxifen also decreases the risk of heart attack by lowering cholesterol levels in the blood, but it can cause cancer of the endometrium.
• The pill also protects against cancer of the endometrium, the lining of the uterus, probably because there is less build-up of the lining and it is shed each month while the pill is being taken.
• Previous studies had found that in postmenopausal women who still have a uterus, supplementary estrogen, if taken alone, resulted in a ninefold increase in the risk of developing cancer of the endometrium, the lining of the uterus.
• A working group convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ) concluded after reviewing published results of scientific studies of tamoxifen that it causes cancer of the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus, in some women.
• When estrogen is given alone to women who have a uterus ( almost one-third of American women have had their uterus removed by the age of 60 ), however, they face a nine-fold increased risk of developing cancer of the endometrium, the tissue that lines the uterus.
• The insert warns against using the pill if a woman has any of the following conditions : a history of heart attack or stroke; blood clots in the legs, lungs or eyes; a history of blood clots in the deep veins of the legs; chest pain; known or suspected breast cancer or cancer of the endometrium or vagina; unexplained vaginal bleeding; yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin during pregnancy or previous use of the pill; liver tumor, or known or suspected pregnancy.