Journal of Clinical Medicine • Vol 10 • No 12
Sex Hormones Related Ocular Dryness in Breast Cancer Women
June 2021 • Rosario Francesco Grasso, Antonio Di Zazzo, Giuseppe Giannaccare, Jaemyoung Sung, Takenori Inomata, Kendrick Co Shih, Alessandra Micera, Daniele Gaud…
Background: Dry eye syndrome (DES) is strictly connected to systemic and topical sex hormones. Breast cancer treatment, the subsequent hormonal therapy, the subsequent hyperandrogenism and the early sudden menopause, may be responsible for ocular surface system failure and its clinical manifestation as dry eye disease. This local dryness is part of the breast cancer iatrogenic dryness, which affects overall mucosal tissue in the fragile population of those with breast cancer. Methods: A literature review regarding…