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Title: | Fertility-Sparing Approaches in Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia and Endometrial Cancer Patients: Current Evidence and Future Directions |
Author: | Contreras, Nayanar Adela Sabadell, Jordi Verdaguer, Paula Julià, Carla Fernández Montolí, Maria Eulalia |
Keywords: | Càncer d'endometri Fecunditat humana Endometrial cancer Human fertility |
Issue Date: | 25-Feb-2022 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Abstract: | Endometrial cancer (EC) is the fourth most common cancer in women in developed countries. Although it is usually diagnosed in postmenopausal women, its incidence has increased in young women, as well in recent decades, with an estimated rate of 4% in those under 40 years of age. Factors involved in this increase, particularly in resource-rich countries, include delayed childbearing and the rise in obesity. The new molecular classification of EC should help to personalize treatment, through appropriate candidate selection. With the currently available evidence, the use of oral progestin either alone or in combination with other drugs such as metformin, levonorgest-relreleasing intrauterine devices and hysteroscopic resection, seems to be feasible and safe in women with early-stage EC limited to the endometrium. However, there is a lack of high-quality evidence of the efficacy and safety of conservative management in EC. Randomized clinical trials in younger women and obese patients are currently underway. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052531 |
It is part of: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, vol. 23, num. 5 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/184796 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052531 |
ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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