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Premature Menopause (Medical Procedural Causes) (cont.)

What Medical Treatments Can Cause Menopause?

Medical treatments such as chemotherapy and pelvic radiation therapy can cause menopause by damaging the ovaries. However, not all premenopausal women undergoing these procedures will experience induced menopause. Additionally, even if the ovaries are damaged, the damage is not always permanent.

Reviewed by the doctors at The Cleveland Clinic Women's Health Center (2006).

Portions of this page copyright © The Cleveland Clinic 2000-2004

Medically reviewed by Tracy Shuman, MD, January 2006.

SOURCE: North American Menopause Society.
Last Editorial Review: 1/1/2006





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