Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review

Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review

Breast carcinoma is becoming a spread disease that needs a specif teraphy. Tamoxifen is the first line treatment in patients with positivity of expression of estrogen receptors. The risk of thromboembolism is high in patients treated with tamoxifene indipendent from the neoplastic disease. This work...

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Main Authors: Gregoriana Zanini, Benedetta Fontanella, Marco Racheli, Monica Bortolotti, Gianfranco Pasini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-11-01
Series:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Subjects:
thrombosis
tamoxifen
pulmunary embolism
Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/91
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spelling doaj-188ba83262f843a5a9a1ea4b5a810a0d2020-11-25T01:09:47ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease1122-06432532-52642015-11-0180110.4081/monaldi.2013.91Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature reviewGregoriana Zanini0Benedetta Fontanella1Marco Racheli2Monica Bortolotti3Gianfranco Pasini4U.O. C. Cardiologia/UTIC, Ospedale La Memoria di Gavardo (Brescia)U.O. C. Cardiologia/UTIC, Ospedale La Memoria di Gavardo (Brescia)U.O. C. Cardiologia/UTIC, Ospedale La Memoria di Gavardo (Brescia)U.O. C. Cardiologia/UTIC, Ospedale La Memoria di Gavardo (Brescia)U.O. C. Cardiologia/UTIC, Ospedale La Memoria di Gavardo (Brescia)Breast carcinoma is becoming a spread disease that needs a specif teraphy. Tamoxifen is the first line treatment in patients with positivity of expression of estrogen receptors. The risk of thromboembolism is high in patients treated with tamoxifene indipendent from the neoplastic disease. This work focuses the attention on tamoxifen mechanism of thrombosis.https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/91thrombosistamoxifenpulmunary embolism
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author Gregoriana Zanini
Benedetta Fontanella
Marco Racheli
Monica Bortolotti
Gianfranco Pasini
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Benedetta Fontanella
Marco Racheli
Monica Bortolotti
Gianfranco Pasini
Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
thrombosis
tamoxifen
pulmunary embolism
author_facet Gregoriana Zanini
Benedetta Fontanella
Marco Racheli
Monica Bortolotti
Gianfranco Pasini
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title Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review
title_short Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review
title_full Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review
title_fullStr Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review
title_sort tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
issn 1122-0643
2532-5264
publishDate 2015-11-01
description Breast carcinoma is becoming a spread disease that needs a specif teraphy. Tamoxifen is the first line treatment in patients with positivity of expression of estrogen receptors. The risk of thromboembolism is high in patients treated with tamoxifene indipendent from the neoplastic disease. This work focuses the attention on tamoxifen mechanism of thrombosis.
topic thrombosis
tamoxifen
pulmunary embolism
url https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/91
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