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Hysteroscopic surgery for conservative management in endometrial cancer: a review of the literature

3 Feb 2015
Sonsoles Alonso, Teresa Castellanos, Fernando Lapuente, Luis Chiva

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynaecologic malignancy, usually diagnosed in postmenopausal women. However, an incidence rate of 2–14% of cases consisting of women under the age of 45 years old has been reported. Multiple reports have described the conservative treatment of this tumour in selected patients with the objective of preserving fertility. In this article, we review the literature to evaluate the results of conservative treatment of endometrial cancer with hysteroscopic resection.

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