Abnormal uterine bleeding as a presenting sign of metastases to the uterine corpus, cervix and vagina in a breast cancer patient on tamoxifen therapy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-61

  Piura, Benjamin ^a   Yanai Inbar, Ilana ^b   Rabinovich, Alex ^a   Zalmanov, Svetlana ^b   Goldstein, Jed ^b  

^a Unit of Gynecologic Oncology   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Breast carcinoma; Postmenopausal bleeding; Tamoxifen; Uterine metastases

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESNA; TAMOXIFEN; THIOTEPA;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0033038926     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00268-1     Document Type: Article

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