Cancer Treatment Today

There is not much information on what to do after failure of first line chemotherapy in endometrial cancer. Currently, the standard of care for initial treatment of women who present with locally advanced disease or metastatic disease is anthracycline, taxane, and platinum combination. This is based on the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) trial 177, which established the effectiveness of first-line paclitaxel, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (TAP) compared

Tamoxifen has different effects on different tissues. Whereas it blocks estrogen in the breast, it has pro- estrogenic effects on bone and in the uterus. Working as an estrogen-like substance, it can cause dysfunctional uterine bleeding and endometrial thickening and very rarely, superficial, easily treatable, endometrial cancer and sarcoma. In a review of all NSABP breast cancer treatment trials, the rate of sarcoma in women treated with tamoxifen