Contemporary issues in the management of endometrial cancer Journal Article
| Author: | Barakat, R. R. |
| Article Title: | Contemporary issues in the management of endometrial cancer |
| Abstract: | Several important issues exist in the management of endometrial cancer, including the possible induction of endometrial cancer by tamoxifen; the newly developed surgical staging system; the increasing use of minimal access surgery, including laparoscopy; the role of postoperative adjuvant therapy: the frequency and extent of follow-up visits and surveillance; and the use of estrogen replacement therapy in women with a history of endometrial cancer. |
| Keywords: | cancer surgery; survival rate; histopathology; review; cancer recurrence; cisplatin; doxorubicin; cancer risk; paclitaxel; postoperative care; combined modality therapy; cancer staging; endometrial neoplasms; neoplasm staging; endometrium cancer; laparoscopic surgery; quality of life; neoplasm recurrence, local; estrogen; estrogen therapy; cancer hormone therapy; tamoxifen; ca 125 antigen; megestrol acetate; medroxyprogesterone acetate; gestagen; papanicolaou test; humans; prognosis; human; female; priority journal; hydroxyprogesterone caproate |
| Journal Title: | CA - A Cancer Journal for Clinicians |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 0007-9235 |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Date Published: | 1998-09-01 |
| Start Page: | 299 |
| End Page: | 314 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 9742896 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI: | 10.3322/canjclin.48.5.299 |
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| Notes: | Review -- Export Date: 12 December 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
