TAMOXIFEN-ASSOCIATED ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA IN POSTMENOPAUSAL BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS

被引:104
作者
MALFETANO, JH
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[1] Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albany Medical College, Albany
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10.1016/0090-8258(90)90404-9
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
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Tamoxifen citrate, a nonsteroidal antiestrogen with agonistic properties, is prescribed as an adjuvant to surgery in the treatment of breast cancer. Recent reports have suggested that tamoxifen has an estrogenic property and may be implicated in the development of endometrial carcinomas. Seven new cases are reported to the existing literature in which endometrial carcinomas developed in postmenopausal women on tamofixen therapy for breast carcinomas. © 1990.
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