Endometriosis developing during tamoxifen therapy
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This case report describes a patient who developed endometriosis during tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer.
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Tamoxifen has recently been suggested as treatment for endometriosis. We report a patient who developed endometriosis after starting tamoxifen therapy for benign breast disease.
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- Clear Cell Ovarian Carcinoma Following Long-Term Tamoxifen Use 1999
- Ovarian histopathology in breast cancer patients receiving tamoxifen 1999
- Estrogen and progesterone receptors of adenomyosis in postmenopausal breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen 1998
- Hormone replacement therapy following hysterectomy for endometriosis 1998
- Uterine leiomyomata and endometrial proliferation in postmenopausal women treated with the anti-oestrogen tamoxifen 1994
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- Endometrial lesions in patients undergoing tamoxifen therapy 1991
- Tamoxifen and endometriosis. Case report 1990
- Disparate effect of tamoxifen in rats with experimentally induced endometriosis 1990
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