Menopause Awareness Month

October is World Menopause Awareness Month. This year the theme is Lifestyle Medicine. It highlights how everyday choices like food, movement, sleep, stress management, and self-care can make a real difference to how people experience menopause.

For people having cancer treatment, menopause or menopause-like symptoms can happen earlier than expected. Knowing what to expect and the support available can make this time easier.

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Two ladies sat down around a table talking.

Can cancer treatment cause menopause or menopause-like symptoms?

Cancer Professionals Podcast: Menopause and cancer: What we need to talk about

This episode features insights from Dani Binnington, founder of Menopause and Cancer, and Professor Richard Simcock, Chief Medical Officer at Macmillan and Consultant Clinical Oncologist, who highlights the complexities of menopause as a result of cancer treatments.

 

If you work in cancer care or are interested in developments in this area, listen to the Cancer Professionals Podcast where you can hear from expert guests and find out about the latest innovations and best practice.

What are the common symptoms?

Everyday steps that might help

Treatments and complementary therapies

Real experiences

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“Hormone therapy brought on a quick menopause.” Emma

Karen is wearing boxing gloves to exercise.

"I went through the menopause and that floored me on top of my cancer treatment." Karen

Paralympian helps shine light on early menopause and cancer with Boots

Key things to remember

How we can help

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