Ultrasound, hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy in the investigation of endometrial cancer

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 381-391

  Symonds, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial biopsy; Endometrial cancer; Hysteroscopy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN;

AGE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL VALUE; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0034934695     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.2000.0183     Document Type: Article

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