In the new study, Welt's team tracked the health histories of 613 Utah women with primary ovarian insufficiency and 165 women who experienced early menopause. Women who underwent early menopause experienced double the odds for a breast cancer versus women who went through menopause at a more typical time, the research showed. The risk for ovarian cancer nearly quadrupled in the early menopause group, Welt's group added. of women who underwent very early menopause, the researchers found. SOURCE: Endocrine Society, news release, June 3, 2024What This Means For YouGoing through very early menopause raises the odds of a variety of cancers in a woman and her blood relatives.

Source: Irish Independent June 04, 2024 09:40 UTC