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Hormone replacement therapy in gynecologic oncology

Kamila Witczak1, Stefan Sajdak1,2, Zbigniew Kojs3

Affiliacja i adres do korespondencji
CURR. GYNECOL. ONCOL. 2013, 11 (1), p. 62–73
DOI: 10.15557/CGO.2013.0006
Streszczenie

Age-related increase of risk of developing a genital malignancy in the females, increasing level of health awareness in general population, improved oncologic prevention, better diagnostic techniques and therapies, all of them contribute to increased number of patients at menopausal age completing oncological treatment. The problem concerns also young women, who require radical surgical consisting in oophorectomy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. An increasingly frequent problem in the gynecologic practice is the use of hormonal replacement therapy in patients with a history of malignancy. Oophorectomy before menopause results in development of atrophic lesions in estrogen-dependent tissues, osteoporosis, cardiovascular and urogenital diseases, sexual dysfunction, vasomotor disorders and compromised quality of life, resulting in disorders of lipid metabolism and affects mental condition. An absolute contraindication for hormonal replacement therapy during menopause is active estrogen-dependent malignancy. Other clinical situations and controversies associated therewith concerning safety, particularly in view of hormone-dependent tumors, result in several attempts at development of uniform and generally accepted guidelines concerning the use of hormonal replacement therapy in menopausal women. This paper discusses hormonal replacement therapy in the context of its role in the carcinogenesis process and its use in patients with current or past history of a malignancy. The aim of this paper is to present current state-of-the-art in the aspect of safety of hormonal replacement therapy in patients with a malignancy: endometrial cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, vulvar cancer and also benign tumors, e.g. uterine myoma and endometrial cyst.

Słowa kluczowe
hormone replacement therapy, gynecologic oncology, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, benign tumors