2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.02.082
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The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device reduces CA-125 serum levels in patients with endometriosis

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“…Therefore, we cannot infer that the clinical improvement in the level of pelvic pain in endometriosis patients treated with the LNG-IUS is directly related to a reduction in the number and extent of the lesions. However, production of some serum markers, such as CA-125, that seem to be related to endometriosis progression is reduced by the use of LNG-IUS (13), suggesting that the system has an effect on endometriosis lesions.…”
Section: Second-look Stage (N)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, we cannot infer that the clinical improvement in the level of pelvic pain in endometriosis patients treated with the LNG-IUS is directly related to a reduction in the number and extent of the lesions. However, production of some serum markers, such as CA-125, that seem to be related to endometriosis progression is reduced by the use of LNG-IUS (13), suggesting that the system has an effect on endometriosis lesions.…”
Section: Second-look Stage (N)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Second-look laparoscopies revealed that the extent of pelvic endometriotic lesions was reduced in 60% of patients treated with LNG-IUS and 37.5% who received GnRH agonists, although the sample size was too small to make the difference statistically significant. In a study of 44 women with pelvic pain, CA-125 levels were lowered equally with either therapy (183). Side effects more frequently related to LNG-IUS were bleeding and pain.…”
Section: Contraceptive Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The effectiveness of a 6-month therapy with LNG-IUS or GnRH agonists to treat endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain was compared in a number of randomized trials (182)(183)(184)(185)(186). In one study of 40 patients who had persistent pain after conservative laparoscopy, the VAS score did not improve, and patient satisfaction was lower in the LNG-IUStreated group (186).…”
Section: Contraceptive Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Em outro estudo prospectivo, randomizado e controlado, demonstrou-se diminuição importante, já no primeiro mês de uso, da dor pélvi-ca crônica secundária à endometriose 46 . Associada a melhora clínica, observou-se também a diminuição nos valores séricos de CA-125, marcador tumoral utilizado na prática clínica para acompanhamento da endometriose 47 . Embora os dados referidos sejam promissores, as casuísticas avaliadas são pequenas, não fornecendo evidência sufi ciente para que se preconize esta abordagem rotineiramente.…”
Section: Progestágenos E Contraceptivos Orais Combinadosunclassified