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Endometrial carcinoma after Hodgkin disease in childhood |
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| Authors: | Gail Brown Frederick P. Li Harvey Cohen J. Robert Cassady Donald Goldstein |
| Abstract: | A 34-year-old patient developed metastatic endometrial carcinoma after Hodgkin disease in childhood. She had ovarian failure after abdominal irradiation and chemotherapy for Hodgkin disease, and received exogenous estrogens, a treatment implicated in the development of endometrial cancer in menopausal women. Young women on replacement estrogens for ovarian failure after cancer therapy may also have increased risk of endometrial carcinoma and should be examined periodically. |
| Keywords: | Hodgkin disease endometrial carcinoma multiple primary cancers |