Endometrial cancer and venous thromboembolism in women under age 50 who take tamoxifen for prevention of breast cancer: A systematic review

Javaid Iqbal; Ophira M. Ginsburg; Thiwanka D. Wijeratne; Anthony Howell; Gareth Evans; Ivana Sestak; Steven A. Narod

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Endometrial cancer and venous thromboembolism in women under age 50 who take tamoxifen for prevention of breast cancer: A systematic review

Javaid Iqbal, Ophira M. Ginsburg, Thiwanka D. Wijeratne, Anthony Howell, Gareth Evans, Ivana Sestak, Steven A. Narod

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Background: Breast cancer prevention with tamoxifen in high-risk women is limited due to concerns of endometrial cancer and thromboembolism. We report the risk of endometrial cancer, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in women

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	318-328
Number of pages	10
Journal	Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume	38
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2011.06.009
Publication status	Published - Jun 2012

Keywords

Breast cancer
Chemoprevention
Deep vein thrombosis
Endometrial cancer
Pulmonary embolism
Tamoxifen
Young women

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