Endometrial Cancer
To the Editor: The article by Lu et al. (Nov. 19 issue) 1 provides comprehensive insight into endometrial cancer. We want to add two points. First, ovarian preservation should be advised for premenopausal women with early-stage endometrial cancer owing to its reported oncologic safety. 2 Furthermore...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The New England journal of medicine 2021-02, Vol.384 (6), p.586-586 |
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The article by Lu et al. (Nov. 19 issue)
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provides comprehensive insight into endometrial cancer. We want to add two points. First, ovarian preservation should be advised for premenopausal women with early-stage endometrial cancer owing to its reported oncologic safety.
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Furthermore, it was reported that mortality was significantly higher among women who had undergone prophylactic bilateral oophorectomy before the age of 45 years than among those who had not.
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Second, a preoperative prediction strategy is available to aid in the identification of women at low risk for lymph node metastasis and in the decision of whether to . . . |
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ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMc2035378 |