[The role of hormone therapy in the treatment of cancer of the endometrium].

Application of 17-oxyprogesterone-capronate as a component of complex treatment of 188 patients with stage I-III carcinoma of corpus uteri improved the long-term results at all stages of the process. Hormonotherapy should be recommended as a method of choice in the postoperative treatment of patients suffering from stage I-II endometrial carcinoma with superficial infiltration of the muscular layer or as an independent method of treatment in elderly patients in case of contraindications for surgery and radiation procedures. The method offers good advantages in young patients at the initial stages only.