Endometrial cancer

F Amant, P Moerman, P Neven, D Timmerman… - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Each year, endometrial cancer develops in about 142 000 women worldwide, and an
estimated 42 000 women die from this cancer. The typical age-incidence curve for …

Endometrial thickness measurement for detecting endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Timmermans, BC Opmeer, KS Khan… - Obstetrics & …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the accuracy of endometrial thickness measurement in the
detection of endometrial cancer among women with postmenopausal bleeding with …

Endovaginal ultrasound to exclude endometrial cancer and other endometrial abnormalities

R Smith-Bindman, K Kerlikowske, VA Feldstein… - Jama, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Context.—Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding is a common clinical problem. Endovaginal
ultrasound (EVUS) is a noninvasive diagnostic test that may help determine which women …

The accuracy of endometrial sampling in the diagnosis of patients with endometrial carcinoma and hyperplasia: a meta‐analysis

FPHLJ Dijkhuizen, BWJ Mol, HAM Brölmann… - Cancer, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Endometrial assessment by means of biopsy or sampling of endometrial
cells is a minimally invasive alternative for dilatation and curettage (D&C) or hysteroscopy …

The accuracy of endometrial sampling in women with postmenopausal bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Van Hanegem, MMC Prins, MY Bongers… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) can be the first sign of endometrial cancer. In case of
thickened endometrium, endometrial sampling is often used in these women. In this …

Endometrial carcinoma

PG Rose - New England Journal of Medicine, 1996 - Mass Medical Soc
Uterine cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women, with an estimated 34,000 cases
and 6000 deaths in the United States in 1996.1 It is the most curable of the 10 most common …

Accuracy of outpatient endometrial biopsy in the diagnosis of endometrial cancer: a systematic quantitative review

TJ Clark, CH Mann, N Shah, KS Khan, F Song… - BJOG: an international …, 2002 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of outpatient endometrial biopsy in diagnosing
endometrial cancer in women with abnormal uterine bleeding. DESIGN: A systematic …

Evaluation of the woman with postmenopausal bleeding: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound‐Sponsored Consensus Conference statement.

RB Goldstein, RL Bree, CB Benson… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
A panel of 14 physicians practicing medicine in the United States with expertise in radiology,
obstetrics and gynecology, gynecologic oncology, hysteroscopy, epidemiology, and …

Ultrasonographic endometrial thickness for diagnosing endometrial pathology in women with postmenopausal bleeding: a meta-analysis

JK Gupta, PFW Chien, D Voit, TJ Clark… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2002; 81: 799-816.© Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2002 Our aim
was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of endometrial thickness measurement by pelvic …

Can ultrasound replace dilation and curettage? A longitudinal evaluation of postmenopausal bleeding and transvaginal sonographic measurement of the …

B Gull, B Karlsson, I Milsom, S Granberg - American journal of obstetrics …, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate postmenopausal bleeding and
transvaginal sonographic measurement of endometrial thickness as predictors of …