Retrospective analysis of hysteroscopic findings in breast cancer patients having adjuvant tamoxifen treatment

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-417

  Sendag, F ^a   Sahin, C ^a   Zeybek, B ^a   Cosan Terek, M ^a   Oztekin, K ^a   Bilgin, O ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Endometrium; Hysteroscopy; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; ANTIESTROGEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEIOMYOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOMETRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 77956109041     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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