Update in Women's Health
Authors: Nancy C. Dolan, Karen Freund, Judith Walsh
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2002)

Updates from the Annual Session19 March 2002Update in Women's HealthNancy C. Dolan, MD, Karen Freund, MD, MPH, and Judith Walsh, MD, MPHNancy C. Dolan, MDFrom Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois; Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this author, Karen Freund, MD, MPHFrom Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois; Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this author, and Judith Walsh, MD, MPHFrom Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois; Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-136-6-200203190-00009 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In selecting the articles for this Update, we systematically reviewed the literature and consulted our colleagues to identify important papers on women's health published in 2000. We critically examined the content and methods of the studies identified and selected 10 articles that had potential to affect clinical practice and reflected a broad range of topics pertinent to women's health. These articles cover six areas: issues affecting women of reproductive age, breast cancer treatment, hormone replacement therapy, osteoporosis, cancer screening, and sexual dysfunction.Issues Affecting Women of Reproductive AgeImportant articles of significance for women of reproductive age included an examination ...References1. Kennedy MJ, Beveridge RA, Rowley SD, Gordon GB, Abeloff MD, Davidson NE. High-dose chemotherapy with reinfusion of purged autologous bone marrow following dose-intense induction as initial therapy for metastatic breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1991;83:920-6. [PMID: 1906111] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Antman K, Ayash L, Elias A, Wheeler C, Hunt M, Eder JP, et al . A phase II study of high-dose cyclophosphamide, thiotepa, and carboplatin with autologous marrow support in women with measurable advanced breast cancer responding to standard-dose therapy. J Clin Oncol. 1992;10:102-10. [PMID: 1727912] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Williams SF, Gilewski T, Mick R, Bitran JD. High-dose consolidation therapy with autologous stem-cell rescue in stage IV breast cancer: follow-up report. J Clin Oncol. 1992;10:1743-7. [PMID: 1357109] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Bezwoda WR, Seymour L, Dansey RD. High-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic rescue as primary treatment for metastatic breast cancer: a randomized trial. J Clin Oncol. 1995;13:2483-9. [PMID: 7595697] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. . Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52,705 women with breast cancer and 108,411 women without breast cancer. Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer. Lancet. 1997;350:1047-59. [PMID: 10213546] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Ross RK, Paganini-Hill A, Wan PC, Pike MC. Effect of hormone replacement therapy on breast cancer risk: estrogen versus estrogen plus progestin. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000;92:328-32. [PMID: 10675382] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Nancy C. Dolan, MD; Karen Freund, MD, MPH; Judith Walsh, MD, MPHAffiliations: From Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois; Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Corresponding Author: Nancy C. Dolan, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, 675 North St. Clair, Suite 18-200, Chicago, IL 60611; e-mail, [email protected]edu.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Dolan: Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, 675 North St. Clair, Suite 18-200, Chicago, IL 60611.Dr. Freund: 720 Harrison Avenue, Suite 1108, Boston, MA 02118.Dr. Walsh: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero, Box 1732, San Francisco, CA 94143. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 19 March 2002Volume 136, Issue 6Page: 453-462KeywordsAlzheimer diseaseBone mineral densityBreast cancerEstrogensFallsIncontinenceOdds ratioOral contraceptive therapyRelative riskTestosterone ePublished: 19 March 2002 Issue Published: 19 March 2002 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2002 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...