Conservative management of early endometrial adenocarcinoma with repeat curettage and hormone therapy under assistance of hysteroscopy and laparoscopy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1649-1653

  Kung, Fu Tsai ^a   Chen, Wei Jen ^a   Chou, Hung Hsueh ^a   Ko, Sheung Fat ^a   Chang, Shiuh Young ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Endometrial carcinoma; Hysteroscopy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEGESTROL ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CLAMP; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE TUBE;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0030923972     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1649     Document Type: Article

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