Women with recurrent postmenopausal bleeding should be re-investigated but are not more likely to have endometrial cancer

Menopause International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-11

  Ronghe, Rashmi ^a   Gaudoin, Marco ^b  

^a Sandyford Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endometrial biopsy; endometrial cancer; postmenopausal bleeding; Recurrent postmenopausal bleeding; transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77951727521     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2010.010008     Document Type: Article

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