Is there a role for progestin therapy to temporize bleeding from endometrial cancer in a patient with an active venous thromboembolism?

In the setting of a newly diagnosed DVT in an otherwise surgically appropriate patient with known endometrial cancer, I would still consider keeping with the standard strategy of proceeding with surgical staging. I would place a filter and proceed with minimally invasive approach, if feasible. Postoperatively, anticoagulation could resume after 24-48 hours if no evidence of bleeding. If not a surgical candidate then would need to proceed to definitive radiation therapy and in that situation, als...