Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System Alone as Primary Treatment in Young Women with Early Endometrial Cancer: Case Report

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 630-633

  Fambrini, Massimiliano ^a   Bargelli, Gianni ^a   Peruzzi, Elena ^a   Buccoliero, Anna Maria ^a   Pieralli, Annalisa ^a   Andersson, Karin L ^a   Scarselli, Gianfranco ^a   Gallorini, Marcella ^b   Zolfanelli, Federica ^b   Marchionni, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Fertility sparing treatment; Levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system; Polycystic ovary syndrome

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; LEVONORGESTREL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CURETTAGE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EARLY CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYSTEROSCOPY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LUTEAL PHASE; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOPHILIA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; LEVONORGESTREL; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME;

EID: 69249233589     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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