New direction for multidisciplinary care: Menopausal Symptoms After Cancer Service

摘要

Menopausal symptoms are common following treatment for cancer, particularly breast and gynaecological cancers. The nature, severity and causes of menopausal symptoms following hormone-dependent cancer are likely to differ from those seen in women with spontaneous menopause. Management can be further complicated by the history of estrogen dependent cancer. Multidisciplinary management offers many advantages to cancer patients and health care providers. This paper presents information about the establishment of a novel multidisciplinary clinical service for cancer patients with menopausal symptoms. This paper has been developed to describe some of the factors important in developing the Menopausal Symptoms After Cancer service.