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An overview of the risk, underlying factors, and mechanism of cancer progression in polycystic ovary syndrome

Rubiat Afrin Ayon1 Md. Azmain Faike1 Sumiya Zaman Ononna1 Aminul Hassan1 Shoumik Kundu1 Farhana Akhter2 Mohammad Mahfuz Ali Khan Shawan1 Md. Mozammel Hossain1 Md. Ibrahim Khalil1* Md. Ashraful Hasan1*
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1 Laboratory of Preventive and Integrative Biomedicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
2 Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College Hospital, Mirpur-13, Dhaka 1221, Bangladesh
Tumor Discovery 2023, 2(1), 328 https://doi.org/10.36922/td.328
Submitted: 16 January 2023 | Accepted: 3 March 2023 | Published: 17 March 2023
© 2023 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine and metabolic disorder among women of reproductive age. PCOS is characterized by ovulatory dysfunction, clinical or biochemical features of hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovaries. The risk of cancer among PCOS patients has been a topic of discussion for decades due to the overlapping metabolic and endocrine abnormalities. This review article focuses on the association of PCOS with various types of reproductive (such as endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, and breast cancer) and non-reproductive cancers, considering different aspects, such as the risk of cancer progression in PCOS patients, the underlying factors, and the mechanism through which PCOS might progress to cancer. The information provided in this article would help create awareness among PCOS patients about the need to take risk-reducing measures. This article might also aid in the effort of identifying novel therapeutic targets to counteract the progression of cancer in PCOS.

Keywords
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Cancer
Risk
Mechanism
Funding
None.
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