"Postmenopause" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The physiological period following the MENOPAUSE, the permanent cessation of the menstrual life.
| Descriptor ID |
D017698
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.157.500.625 G08.686.841.249.500.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Postmenopause- Postmenopause
- Postmenopausal Period
- Period, Postmenopausal
- Post-Menopause
- Post Menopause
- Post-Menopauses
- Post-menopausal Period
- Period, Post-menopausal
- Post menopausal Period
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Postmenopause" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Cancer History with COVID-19 Risk and Outcomes among Older Postmenopausal Women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Aug 01; 34(8):1286-1294.
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Development and Validation of Body Mass Index-Specific Waist Circumference Thresholds in Postmenopausal Women : A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Aug; 178(8):1073-1084.
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Metabolomic evaluation of air pollution-related bone damage and potential mediation in Women's Health Initiative participants. J Bone Miner Res. 2025 Jun 25; 40(7):834-846.
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Infertility and Risk of Ovarian Cancer in the Women's Health Initiative. Cancer Causes Control. 2025 Jun; 36(6):617-624.
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Real-World Implications of the SOUND Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Dec; 31(13):8776-8785.
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Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers: Long-Term Follow-Up of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Oct 20; 42(30):3537-3549.
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The Population-level Effect of Adjuvant Therapies on Breast Cancer Recurrence: Application of the Trend-in-Trend Design. Epidemiology. 2024 09 01; 35(5):660-666.
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History of Infertility and Risk of Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Aug 01; 33(8):1129-1131.
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Does Urodynamic Stress Incontinence Increase After the Menopause?: Results from 2,994 Urodynamic Studies in Australian Women. Int Urogynecol J. 2024 Sep; 35(9):1789-1796.
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Effects of intermittent senolytic therapy on bone metabolism in postmenopausal women: a phase 2 randomized controlled trial. Nat Med. 2024 Sep; 30(9):2605-2612.