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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">143</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – International Edition</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">RCPP</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">1011-6583</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2945-1922</issn>
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        <publisher-name>PHARMAKON-Press</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.61873/OEFM7580</article-id>
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          <subject>Editorial</subject>
        </subj-group>
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        <article-title>Should ultrasound assessment of the endometrium be necessary in patients treated with tamoxifen?</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Iatrakis</surname>
            <given-names>George</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8958-1248</uri>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Zervoudis</surname>
            <given-names>Stefanos</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3835-3050</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Sarella</surname>
            <given-names>Angeliki</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Tsikouras</surname>
            <given-names>Panagiotis</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9495-4424</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Paschopoulos</surname>
            <given-names>Minas</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A4">4</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Balafouta</surname>
            <given-names>Myrsini</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Peitsidis</surname>
            <given-names>Panagiotis</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A5">5</xref>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of West Attica, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>University of West Attica</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Rea Hospital, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>Rea Hospital</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A4">
        <label>4</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of Ioannina, Greece, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>University of Ioannina, Greece</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A5">
        <label>5</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Helena Venizelou Hospital Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>Helena Venizelou Hospital Athens, Greece</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>22</day>
        <month>02</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>38</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>7</fpage>
      <lpage>9</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/D35A48DA-FD58-5CF7-ABAC-92E6591C687C">D35A48DA-FD58-5CF7-ABAC-92E6591C687C</uri>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>George Iatrakis, Stefanos Zervoudis, Angeliki Sarella, Panagiotis Tsikouras, Minas Paschopoulos, Myrsini Balafouta, Panagiotis Peitsidis</copyright-statement>
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          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>Tamoxifen is a nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator that is used mainly for adjuvant treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. However, tamoxifen, due to its estrogen-mimicking effects, has been linked to various uterine conditions including menstrual irregularities, and endometrial cancer. Considering that in women taking tamoxifen, ultrasonographical endometrial thickness can be increased without an underlying pathology and that the tamoxifen induces only an extra endometrial cancer in 1 per 1000 women per year of use, patients undergoing tamoxifen treatment don’t typically undergo regular examinations of the endometrium, including ultrasonography. Routine ultrasonographic screening for endometrial lesions could result in excessive intervention for non-symptomatic endometrial conditions, undue stress, and might even negatively affect patients’ adherence to tamoxifen therapy, which is crucial for reducing breast cancer recurrence and mortality. Nevertheless, if any unusual bleeding arises, an endometrial evaluation is necessary.</p>
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