Between 50 and 70 percent of women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer stop having regular menstrual cycles. A new study shows that these women also begin to lose bone mass within 6 months of starting chemotherapy.
“Bone loss occurs early and rapidly, and this is an under-appreciated side effect” of chemotherapy, says Charles L.
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