Andy Menke

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observational 2013
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.02.016

OBJECTIVE: Preclinical studies suggest that abrupt hormone deprivation caused by oophorectomy, leads to obesity and its metabolic sequelae. The purpose of the current study was to examine the association between oophorectomy and body fatnes…

observational 2012
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) ·doi:10.1158/1940-6207.capr-11-0430

Bilateral oophorectomy is used as a risk reduction strategy in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, although data on long-term side effects are not yet available. In the general population, oophorectomy, particularly at a young age, has been associat…