Endometrial cancer in polyps: A clinical study of 27 cases

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-58

  Martin Ondarza C ^a   Gil Moreno, A ^a   Torres Cuesta, L ^a   Garcia A ^a   Eyzaguirre, F ^a   Diaz Feijoo B ^a   Xercavins, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrial polyps; Metrorrhagia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METRORRHAGIA; MYOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; RELAPSE; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 14644395515     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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