Tamoxifen and benign endometrial lesions

被引:7
作者
De Muylder, X [1 ]
Neven, P [1 ]
Van Belle, Y [1 ]
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[1] Clin Gen St Jean, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Brussels, Belgium
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10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00091-4
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Benign endometrial lesions are common among breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen but also among healthy women taking this drug in a breast cancer prevention trial. The most frequent; lesion is glandulocystic atrophy which seems specific for this drug. Endometrial polyps are also very often seen but only a few of them could undergo malignant degeneration. Hyperplasia of the endometrium is more frequently reported among tamoxifen patients than among control patients. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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