The relation between age, time since menopause, and endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1118-1123

  Van Doorn, H C ^a,g   Opmeer, B C ^b   Jitze Duk, M ^c   Kruitwagen, R F M P ^d   Dijkhuizen, F P H L J ^e   Mol, B W ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^e RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Endometrial cancer; Postmenopausal bleeding; Risk analyses; Time since menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548695671     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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