A randomized trial on the use of ultrasonography or office hysteroscopy for endometrial assessment in postmenopausal patients with breast cancer who were treated with tamoxifen

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-70

  Timmerman, D ^a   Deprest, J ^a   Bourne, T ^a   Den Berghe, I V ^a   Collins, W P ^a   Vergote, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Hysteroscopy; Polyps; Tamoxifen; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0031827229     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70294-7     Document Type: Article

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