IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 22 / Issue 1 / pii/1995010

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Original Research

Hysteroscopic follow-up in Tamoxifen treatment for breast cancer

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1 Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics “G. B. Revoltella” Padua University, Italy
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1995, 22(1), 47–50;
Published: 10 March 1995
Abstract

In the Postmenopausal women endocrinotherapy proves to. be as usefull as the cytotoxic treatment in breast cancer therapy, regarding the percentage and duration of response, both in prophylactic and palliative therapy, with the advantage of milder side-effects and a better quality of life. This study was carried out if order to evaluate the Tamoxifen weak estrigenic activity, which could appear during long-term therapies, determining endometrial morphological modifications. Twenty-one postmenopausal women suffering from breast cancer underwent hysteroscopy with target or curettage at the same time with mastectomy and afterwards during additional Tamoxifen treatment at 12 and 24 months. Our results confirm that this simple, out­patient endoscopic investigation should be provided as a routine in the follow-up of oncologic patients during hormonotherapy.

Keywords
Breast cancer
Hysteroscopy
Tamoxifen
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