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Association of hormone replacement therapy with increased risk of meningioma in women: A hospital-based multicenter study with propensity score matching.

Xiaochen ShuYun JiangTao WenShun LuLu YaoFang Meng
Published in: Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology (2019)
This case-control study provides evidence that hormone use for an HRT purpose might constitute the development and growth of meningioma as an independent risk factor, especially for combination therapy and/or long-term users, which supports that meningioma might be a hormone-sensitive tumor.
Keyphrases
  • combination therapy
  • replacement therapy
  • optic nerve
  • risk factors
  • smoking cessation
  • polycystic ovary syndrome
  • metabolic syndrome
  • cervical cancer screening