Climacteric symptoms in postoperative patients among endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, and ovarian cancer: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To date, no studies have assessed climacteric symptoms after hystero-adnexectomy for endometrial, cervical, or ovarian cancer. Thus, this study aimed to compare climacteric symptoms among patients who underwent surgery for these three cancer types.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we interviewed patients who were registered at a menopausal outpatient clinic between January 1999 and July 2016 after undergoing total hysterectomy, intrapelvic only or intrapelvic plus para-aortic lymph node dissection, and bilateral adnexectomy performed via laparotomy as a cancer treatment. Climacteric symptoms were assessed using a patient-reported questionnaire covering core domains with five symptoms only at the initial consultation. Each symptom was graded from 0 (no symptoms)

SUBMITTER: Horiba Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9213383 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature