[Uterine sarcoma associated with tamoxifen use after breast cancer: Review of the pathogenesis]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2009 Dec;38(8):629-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2009.09.009. Epub 2009 Oct 14.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Tamoxifen is widely used in the breast cancer treatment. Its side effects on the endometrium are well-known, but more and more worse prognosis uterine sarcoma are described. Based on recent literature review, the cause and effect chain between tamoxifen and uterine sarcoma is argued, which confirms that a risk exists as from 2 years of treatment, a cumulative dose of 15 g, and that malignant mixed mesodermal tumours appear to be the most frequent.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Risk Factors
  • Sarcoma / chemically induced*
  • Sarcoma / pathology
  • Tamoxifen / administration & dosage
  • Tamoxifen / adverse effects*
  • Tamoxifen / therapeutic use
  • Uterine Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Tamoxifen