Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 283-285, 1 January 2010

Outcomes of conservative therapy for young women with early endometrial adenocarcinoma

  • Yuyan Mao, Ph.D.
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  • Xiaoyun Wan, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Xiaoyun Wan, Master, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Xueshi Road #2, Hangzhou 310006, P.R. China (FAX: 86-571-87061878).
    • ,
  • Yaxia Chen, Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Weiguo Lv, Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Xing Xie, Master

Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

Received 22 January 2009; received in revised form 8 July 2009; accepted 15 July 2009. published online 03 December 2009.

Four of six patients with endometrial cancer had initial response to progesterone therapy and obtained complete response; three among them had successful pregnancies with three live births. The results suggest that progesterone therapy, combined with assisted reproductive technology, provides more chance of carrying a full-term pregnancy for patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma.

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 X.M. has nothing to disclose. X.W. has nothing to disclose. X.C. has nothing to disclose. X.L. has nothing to disclose. X.X. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)02495-9

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.999

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 283-285, 1 January 2010

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