Marco M. Altaras

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 1993-1998

Study types

  • article 3
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • adenomyosis 2
article 1998
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000009939

Adenomyosis is an ectopic endometrial tissue located in the myometrium. It has been reported to develop at a higher rate among postmenopausal breast cancer patients on tamoxifen (TAM) treatment than in untreated patients. It has also been r…

review 1995
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1006/gyno.1995.1188

Between September 1, 1989 and October 31, 1994, 173 postmenopausal breast cancer women on tamoxifen treatment were followed up in the authors' institutions. During this period, 14 (8.1%) underwent total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral …

article 1994
Gynecologic oncology ·doi:10.1006/gyno.1994.1319

We present the first case of ovarian endometrioid carcinoma and endometriosis in a postmenopausal patient who was treated with tamoxifen for breast cancer. The association with prolonged unopposed estrogen-like stimulation with tamoxifen as…

article 1993
·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1993.tb15310.x

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether risk factors, other than tamoxifen, can be identified for the development of endometrial pathologies in postmenopausal breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: D…