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PREOPERATIVE INTRAMUSCULAR PROGESTOGEN IN THE TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
Boyd I. E.,
Pollard W.,
Blaikley J. B.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1973.tb11209.x
Subject(s) - progestogen , medicine , intramuscular injection , hysterectomy , carcinoma , radium , mammary carcinoma , endometrial cancer , urology , gynecology , surgery , hormone , cancer , physics , nuclear physics
Summary When an injection of intramuscular 17a‐hydroxy‐progesterone caproate (Primolut Depot) was given before each radium insertion and before hysterectomy in 38 patients with endometrial carcinoma, there was a recurrence rate of 10–5 per cent as against 20 · 5 per cent in 44 controls.