The Intrauterine Device: How to Deploy This Strategy in the Molecular World?

Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Nov 15;30(22):5001-5002. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-2034.

Abstract

Progestin-based therapy can safely be offered to a subset of patients with atypical endometrial hyperplasia or grade 1 endometrioid endometrial cancer who desire fertility preservation. A recent study shows that levonorgestrel intrauterine device confers durable clinical benefit and identifies possible immune mechanisms of relapse and resistance. See related article by Bowen et al., p. 5073.

MeSH terms

  • Endometrial Hyperplasia / drug therapy
  • Endometrial Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Endometrial Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Endometrial Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Female
  • Fertility Preservation* / methods
  • Humans
  • Intrauterine Devices*
  • Intrauterine Devices, Medicated
  • Levonorgestrel* / administration & dosage
  • Levonorgestrel* / therapeutic use
  • Progestins / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Levonorgestrel
  • Progestins