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What is your approach to gynecologic examinations/surveillance in a standard risk patient on adjuvant tamoxifen?

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Medical Oncology · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

In the absence of symptoms (abnormal bleeding or discharge, pain, etc.), I do not recommend gynecologic examinations/surveillance beyond what is appropriate given the woman's age. First, premenopausal women on tamoxifen are not at increased risk of developing endometrial cancer. In postmenopausal wo...

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