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Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Gynecologic Cancer
Published on: April 17, 2012
[Antiestrogen therapy of patients with uterine cancer]
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hamamatsu Medical Center.
Abstract:
It has been widely accepted that the estrogen is one of the contributing factors to the development of endometrial cancer of the uterus. The objective responsiveness of recurrent endometrial cancer to medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) has been substantiated. Many researchers have examined whether the anti-estrogenic agents could be the choice of treatment of endometrial cancer including tamoxifen (TAM), aromatase inhibitors, danazol and luteinizing releasing hormone (LHRH)-agonist as an adjunctive endocrine therapy. In this review, we discussed the pharmacological and clinical aspects of these new agents.
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