Hormonal Treatment of Breast Cancer Patients by Tamoxifen and its influence to Endometrium from Gynaecologist's Point of View
Abstract
Author describes hormonal treatment of breast cancer pacients and review gynaecological care from prevention and diagnostics to monitoring of the first line hormonal treatment. Reasons of increasing breast cancer incidence are discussed and historical overview of hormonal treatment posibilities in pacients with breast cancer is summarized.
The main part of the article characterizes influence of tamoxifen into woman organism, especially in her genital tract (endometrium changes) and side effects are analysed. The retrospective trial (Dept.Obst. and Gyn. 3-rd Medical Faculty) focusing pathological changes of endometrium under tamoxifen influence is mentioned.
Design of monitoring algorithm of breast cancer patients with intact uterus under treatment of tamoxifen is elaborated. Complications, adverse events and difficulties of this hormonal treatment and gynecological monitoring breast cancer patients (with uterus) are specified.