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How rare is endometrial cancer in virgins?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Oct 7, 2023 | Replies (11)

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@ioana2022 Obesity is a risk factor for endometrial cancer but it’s not a “cause”. I hope that her doctor did not say “obesity is to blame” because such a statement could result in undue guilt and emotional distress. Not every woman who is overweight develops endometrial cancer. Obesity does place a person at a risk for a variety of diseases.

I had two risk factors for endometrial cancer. 1) never given birth; 2) menopause at a later age. I know of friends who have these two risk factors and did not develop endometrial cancer.

Estrogen played a role in the development of your friend’s cancer. Here something to read that explains this:

Estrogen-Dependent Cancers (Cleveland Clinic):

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/10312-estrogen-dependent-cancers

Does this help answer your questions?

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@naturegirl5 Thank you so much for your answer. My friend was 37 when her symptoms appeared, a virgin, overweight (not because of eating habits but after treatment for insomnia and anxiety with olanzapine that had caused many health problems such as hyperglycemia, high cholesterol, blood pressure issues and the list goes on), she did not have PCOS, she was not going through menopause, not even perimenopause. Her first period was around the age of 13. She never had any problems with her period until the age of 37, when her weight was 80 kg, after having weighed 45 kg her entire adult life at a height of 160 cm. Her doctor tried to find a possible explanation for her illness but it is true that this caused a lot of stress. She managed to find a study published in August 2022 that shows a possible link between antipsychotics, olanzapine included, and endometrial cancer. And that caused even more stress because her weight and health issues appeared after treatment with olanzapine that she is now trying to let go of, which is extremely difficult after many years of treatment. She started taking olanzapine at the age of 31 and at 37 she was obese and with cancer. This is what caused her distress. Thank you again for your answer.