title: Successful pregnancy in a patient with endometrial carcinoma treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate.
abstract: A 32-year infertile Japanese woman suffered from endometrial cancer, which was treated with repeated endometrial curettage and medroxyprogesterone acetate for 6 months. The patient then became pregnant and was delivered of a live-born male infant at 37 weeks gestation by cesarean section for placenta previa. At cesarean section there were no abnormal findings in the uterine cavity or other pelvic organs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaya
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010923:Placenta Previa / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome
chemical_list: D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate